The files in BOOKS and SHELVES are only the manuals in Bookmanager format. If you want to use (and search) the PDF formatted manuals, there is an additional directory (cleverly named PDF) that contains books that are provided only in PDF format. IBM doesn't provide an searchable index for these files, so you have to generate one of your own. All the newer CDs I've seen (like the z/OS 1.4 CD set) are mostly PDF files; only the older stuff is still in Bookmanager format.
On the full Adobe Acrobat CD there is a tool (called PDFINDEX) that you can run to generate a searchable index from a bunch of PDF files in a directory. It reads all the files, creates word lists, and creates a searchable index that you can use from within Acrobat or the Acrobat Reader to find words or phrases in a collection of PDF files. It's beastly slow and sucks CPU like crazy, but it works pretty well. We run it once a week on our directories full of PDF files, and the resulting index is very helpful. It's not as good as the search function in Bookmanager, but it also allows you to index documents from multiple vendors using the same tool. -- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Eddie Chen > I did that... I copy all foue CDs ... What do you mean bt PDFINDEX??? >
