We could teach the “file" command on linux to recognize such files. It just uses signature-type information.
On 5/19/16, 4:27 PM, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Scott Rohling" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >If I 'browse' (or TYPE for that matter) a COPYFILE packed file - it looks >much the same as it did from the Linux... > >That being said - if I was the cms-fuse developer I would probably push >back on this... just because XEDIT was smart and did the unpack >internally doesn't mean the driver should try and do the same. Isn't the >onus on the application opening the file to read it correctly - just as it >is in under CMS? Is cms-fuse supposed to incorporate the unpack? What >about terse, vmarc, et al? Seems like a slippery slope unless I just >plain misunderstood you. (never happens :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
