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> On 24 בדצמ 2013, at 00:38, "Dave Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, DB....having the messages in a CMS repository and supporting > languages other than English are very nice touches.... > > Have a good one. too. > > DJ > >> On 12/23/2013 10:56 AM, David Boyes wrote: >> In the tradition of releasing something nifty to the community as a holiday >> gift (the subject line is the historical reference to the annual posting of >> such gifts to the venerable VMSHARE conference from long, long ago), SNA is >> pleased to provide two gifts to the community for 2013. >> >> Gift #1: SWAPGEN version 1310 >> >> This version of SWAPGEN provides a few new features that people have asked >> for. >> >> >> 1. SWAPGEN no longer depends on RXDASD MODULE for I/O to FBA disks. >> The functions of RXDASD MODULE have been replaced with CMS Pipes code. >> (Credit to Dave Jones) >> >> >> 2. SWAPGEN is now fully converted to the use of CMS message >> repositories for all text I/O. No code changes will be needed to allow local >> customization of error messages and/or text I/O. >> >> >> 3. SWAPGEN is now fully internationalized. All supported languages for >> z/VM 5.4 and higher have been included (for z/VM 5.4, German, American >> English, Kanji, and uppercase English, for z/VM 6.1 and higher, American >> English, Kanji and uppercase English). Special thanks to Margarete Ziemer at >> SNA for contributing the German translation. The Kanji messages probably >> have some mistakes; if any of you who speak Japanese and run your systems in >> Kanji would look at that and contribute corrections, we'd appreciate it a >> lot. For those of you with systems older than 5.4 that still use other >> languages in the default VMFNLS LANGLIST file (French, Portuguese, Spanish, >> etc.), the files are there to support the languages, but contain the >> uppercase English version of the messages. Contributions are welcome if >> you'd like your native language to be supported. (Note that IBM no longer >> ships these languages post-z/VM 5.4). >> >> >> 4. SWAPGEN now has full message help file support. As a result of #2, >> all SWAPGEN messages now have full message IDs and severity information. >> HELP MSG msgid will provide detailed information on each message and >> suggestions on what to do if something goes wrong. To get this, you need to >> install the help file package shown below. >> >> >> 5. There are now three packages available for SWAPGEN: >> >> SBINvvvv.VMARC -- The minimum files required to run SWAPGEN (the exec, the >> main help file, and the message repositories). If you just >> want to use SWAPGEN, this is all you need. >> >> SHLPvvvv.VMARC -- The extended help files for each SWAPGEN message. If you >> download and install this package, you can type >> HELP MSG SWPxxxxxxxx (the message id) and get detailed >> explanations of each SWAPGEN message. Not mandatory, but >> we STRONGLY recommend you install these. >> >> SSRCvvvv.VMARC -- The full source code to SWAPGEN and all its component >> parts. If you speak Japanese, PLEASE download this and >> translate the message repository! The other two VMARC >> files are contained in this package, so if you want to >> have the whole thing in one burrito, this is it. >> >> The new files for SWAPGEN are available from >> http://download.sinenomine.net/swapgen >> >> Gift #2: New version of smaclient (v 1.1) >> >> Smaclient is a shell script allowing any Linux or Unix system to interact >> with the z/VM SMAPI servers to perform system management actions on a z/VM >> system from a script running on the Unix/Linux system. >> >> This version adds: >> >> >> 1. Corrections to a number of responses and queries fixed by VM65290, >> specifically: >> Virtual_Network_VLAN_Query_Stats >> Virtual_Network_Vswitch_Query_Extended >> >> Virtual_Network_Vswitch_Query_Stats >> >> >> 2. The script is now packaged as a noarch RPM, so that it will show up >> in the rpm software inventory with correct versioning. >> >> >> >> The code is available from http://download.sinenomine.net/smaclient >> >> >> Happy holidays to all of you. >> >> David Boyes >> Sine Nomine Associates >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
