Well, I was able to contact one of the original developers that worked on adding this support. Unfortunately, it has been so long that he doesn't remember much about it. However, since there is a PMR opened it will be handled through that.
regards, Colleen M Brown IBM z/VM and Related Products Development and Service Shimon Lebowitz <[email protected]> Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> 08/19/2009 11:47 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: FLIST on SFS, *HEADER ignored Well, after Alan's comment about bug-spray <g> I opened a call with IBM here, and they gave me a PMR number, so you might be hearing from them too. Thanks, Shimon ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:32:14 -0400 >From: Colleen Brown <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: FLIST on SFS, *HEADER ignored >To: [email protected] > > I'm checking into this. I don't have an answer yet > on why it was done the way it was done. There were > two developers who worked on that design one of > which is still around. I have sent him a note > asking if he remembers. I haven't heard back from > him yet. I will let you know when I do. > > Colleen M Brown > IBM z/VM and Related Products Development and > Service > >Alan To [email protected] >Altmark/Endicott/i...@ibmus cc >Sent by: The IBM z/VM Subject Re: FLIST on SFS, >Operating System *HEADER ignored ><[email protected]> > >08/18/2009 10:46 AM > >+---------------------------+ >| Please respond to | >| The IBM z/VM Operating | >| System | >| <[email protected]> | >+---------------------------+ > > On Tuesday, 08/18/2009 at 09:41 EDT, Shimon Lebowitz > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't use FLIST much on the 'desktop', but it is > very useful > > when embedded in applications with the PROFILE and > ONE > > options, and sometimes USE too. > > I am developing something today, and am surprised > to see that apparently > > (if I am understanding correctly what I see) the > *HEADER statement > > in the profile is ignored when FLIST is displaying > the files of an SFS > > directory. > > Aha... the thlot pickens... > > Even running plain vanilla FLIST, the header > disappears for SFS. > > For a disk: > > q disk b > > LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS > USED-(%) BLKS LEFT > BLK TOTAL > > XPXX 1A1 B R/O 20 3390 4096 366 > 1358-38 > 2242 3600 > > > > flist * * b > > gets this on the first line: > > LVL 0 - B 1A1 3600 BLKS 3390 R/O 38% > FILE 1 > OF 366 > > > > But for an accessed directory: > > q accessed w > > MODE STAT FILES VDEV LABEL/DIRECTORY > > W/A R/O 338 DIR XPOOL:77731619. > > > > flist * * w > > gets this: > > LVL0 XPOOL:77731619. > > > > Is this documented? a bug? > > It works as coded. :-) I looked at the code and it > very specifically > bypasses the header build procedure for SFS > directories. There is nothing > in the HELP about this exception. > > The code was most recently touched by the Y2K > updates in 1998 with APAR > VM61389. Oddly enough, that APAR was only supposed > to cause FLIST to > display dates according to your virtual machine's > DATEFORMAT setting. > There seems to be support in there for a 2-line > header to be dynamically > built if needed, apparently to accomodate long > directory names, so I don't > know what the issue might be. > > Colleen could give a better answer, but I would have > my bug spray at the > ready... > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott
