> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 9:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Replicating z/VM documentation > > As I need a regular IBM Manual, I read it from the CD/DVD the > first time > and while I have it open, I use the File/SaveAs function to put a copy > in my own manuals folder with a name I can recognize. Then when I am > finished with it, I email a copy of that newnamed pdf to my > home address > to populate my home copy of manuals. > > Some levels of Windows let you have a Title column in the file list > window and ALL IBM manuals have a proper title tag in their > pdf copy. I > just haven't played with it enough to have it on ONLY for the > directories I want. > > /Tom Kern
I am a z/OS'er who hangs around here. I have a number of PDF manuals which I copied from the MVS CDs onto my Amazon KindleDX (nice, but pricey). At least on the MVS CDs, there are a number of XKS files. These files are "book shelf" type files which contain the file name of the PDF and the associated manual number and title. I wrote a small Perl script on Linux which parses the XKS files and does an "ln" command to create a file name like: <manual.numbe><title>.PDF . An example file name would be: SC26-7396-10.zOS_V1R10_DFSMS_Installation_Exits.PDF Since Windows cannot have two names for one "file", this script would need to be massaged to do a rename, I guess. I was working on a way to slurp down the current PDF files from IBM, but got to feeling bad about how much bandwidth I would consume, so I never tried. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
