Slightly OT: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year

[Edward Gould]

> http://www.livescience.com/55312-leap-second-2016-atomic-clocks.html?utm_source=listrak_medium=email_campaign=20160708-lst
>  
> <http://www.livescience.com/55312-leap-second-2016-atomic-clocks.html?utm_source=listrak_medium=email_campaign=20160708-lst>
> 
> 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
> 
> 
> A "leap second" will be added to the world's official clocks on Dec. 31, 
> 2016, to accommodate Earth's gradually slowing rotation.
> 
> Credit: NASA
> Revelers will get to celebrate New Year's Eve for a tiny bit longer than 
> usual this year.
> 
> A "leap second 
> <http://www.space.com/29795-leap-second-tonight-atomic-clocks.html>" will be 
> added to the world's official clocks on Dec. 31 at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 
> 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which corresponds to 6:59:59 
> p.m. EST; the clocks will read 23:59:60 before ticking over to midnight. The 
> goal is to keep two different timescales in sync with each other.
> 
> The units of time had long been defined based on Earth's rotation relative to 
> distant celestial bodies. But that changed with the invention ofatomic clocks 
> <http://www.livescience.com/32660-how-does-an-atomic-clock-work.html> in the 
> mid-20th century; scientists then decided to base the second on the natural 
> vibrations of the cesium atom. [How to Build the Most Accurate Atomic Clocks 
> (Video) 
> <http://www.livescience.com/44602-how-to-build-the-most-accurate-atomic-clocks-video.html>]
> 
> Report this Advertisement
> 
> These two timescales don't match up exactly, however. Measurements show that, 
> because the moon's gravitational pull and other factors are gradually slowing 
> Earth's spin, the rotation-based scale loses between 1.5 and 2 milliseconds 
> per day compared to atomic time — meaning the two diverge by a full second 
> every 500 to 750 days.
> 
> Leap seconds are a way to make up for this difference. Since 1972, the 
> International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) — the 
> organization that keeps track of time for the world — has added 26 leap 
> seconds to atomic clocks, with the last such insertion coming on June 30, 
> 2015.
> 
> The aim is to keep the two timescales within 0.9 seconds of each other.
> 
> "We can easily change the time of an atomic clock, but it is not possible to 
> alter the Earth's rotational speed to match the atomic clocks," officials 
> with the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), which maintains the Department of 
> Defense's master clock, noted — wryly, it would seem — in a statement 
> <http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/tours-events/2016_Leap_Second%20Press%20Release%20-%20Final.pdf>
>  today (July 6).
> 
> While Earth's rotation rate is slowing, the effect is quite subtle.
> 
> "Confusion sometimes arises over the misconception that the occasional 
> insertion of leap seconds every few years indicates that the Earth should 
> stop rotating within a few millennia," USNO officials wrote. "This is because 
> some [people] mistake leap seconds to be a measure of the rate at which the 
> Earth is slowing. The 1-second increments are, however, indications of the 
> accumulated difference in time between the two systems."
> 
> When leap seconds are added, they are always inserted on June 30 or Dec. 31 
> of a particular year. In 1972, IERS officials called for a leap second to be 
> inserted on both dates.
> 
> Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall <http://twitter.com/michaeldwall> 
> andGoogle+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/108984047382030613667/posts>. Follow 
> us @Spacedotcom <http://twitter.com/spacedotcom>, Facebook 
> <https://www.facebook.com/spacecom> or Google+ 
> <https://plus.google.com/+SPACEcom/posts>. Originally published on Space.com 
> <http://www.space.com/33361-leap-second-2016-atomic-clocks.html>.

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Re: ISPF Profile basic question

[Charles Mills]

Thx again

Charles

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Subject: Re: ISPF Profile basic question

Yes, it does a "rebuild" of profiles - and, yes, you could create a new profile 
FOO from that.

But its main purposes are: (a) to compress existing profiles; (b) to edit them 
and, in this code, also to remove IBM's profile variables whose purpose is to 
save the colours etc. of IBM's panel displays.

Both PROFREAD and PROFWRIT can be executed from an interactive TSO ISPF/PDF 
session.

But the renaming of the profiles (e.g. from ISRPROFN to ISRPROF) should be done 
in batch (and with a 'DISP=OLD' on ISPPROF + then log off to allow the profile 
rename). Otherwise, the current TSO ISPF/PDF session's copy of the profile in 
VS will override the updated profile saved on DASD at logoff, and the 
REXX/Clist updates to the profile on DASD will then be lost.

I would suggest you first run a PROFREAD to check your current profile 
variables in "'"SYSUID'.'PROFNAME'.VARLIST'"'". Then proceed from there (e.g. 
you can edit the variables in *.VARLIST).

This a rough copy of my JCL to rename profiles in batch:

'//* '
'//* WARNING: MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROFILE DATASET'S VOLSER IS  * '
'//*  SPECIFIED CORRECTLY (BELOW), BEFORE SUBMITTING THIS JOB. * '
'//*   * '

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Re: ISPF Profile basic question

[CM Poncelet]

Yes, it does a "rebuild" of profiles - and, yes, you could create a new 
profile FOO from that.


But its main purposes are: (a) to compress existing profiles; (b) to 
edit them and, in this code, also to remove IBM's profile variables 
whose purpose is to save the colours etc. of IBM's panel displays.


Both PROFREAD and PROFWRIT can be executed from an interactive TSO 
ISPF/PDF session.


But the renaming of the profiles (e.g. from ISRPROFN to ISRPROF) should 
be done in batch (and with a 'DISP=OLD' on ISPPROF + then log off to 
allow the profile rename). Otherwise, the current TSO ISPF/PDF session's 
copy of the profile in VS will override the updated profile saved on 
DASD at logoff, and the REXX/Clist updates to the profile on DASD will 
then be lost.


I would suggest you first run a PROFREAD to check your current profile 
variables in "'"SYSUID'.'PROFNAME'.VARLIST'"'". Then proceed from there 
(e.g. you can edit the variables in *.VARLIST).


This a rough copy of my JCL to rename profiles in batch:

'//* '
'//* WARNING: MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROFILE DATASET'S VOLSER IS  * '
'//*  SPECIFIED CORRECTLY (BELOW), BEFORE SUBMITTING THIS JOB. * '
'//*   * '
'//* '
'//* RENAME THE ???! PROFILE   * '
'//*   * '
'//* TO CLEAN OUT + REFRESH THE ???! PROFILE, DO AS FOLLOWS:   * '
'//* - INVOKE CLIST (PROFREAD) WITH NAME OF PROFILE TO BE DUMPED TO* '
'//*   ..VARLIST * '
'//* - INVOKE CLIST (PROFWRIT) WITH NAME OF PROFILE DUMPED TO  * '
'//*   .ISPF.ISPPROF AND NEW APPLICATION NAME TO BE* '
'//*   CREATED IN .ISPF.ISPPROF: NOTE THAT ANY EXISTING* '
'//*   PROFILE OF THAT NAME WILL BE DELETED FROM .ISPF.ISPPROF * '
'//* - CHANGE ALL ?? TO THE VOLSER OF THE PROFILE DATASET, * '
'//* * '
'//* - CHANGE ALL ??? TO THE FIRST 3 CHARS OF THE PROFILE TO BE* '
'//*   RENAMED (E.G. ISR). * '
'//* - CHANGE ALL ! TO THE LAST CHAR OF THE PROFILE TO BE RENAMED  * '
'//*   (E.G. '' IF NO 4TH CHAR).   * '
'//* - CHANGE ALL  TO YOUR USERID. * '
'//* - SUBMIT THIS JOB TO RENAME THE CURRENT PROFILE TO 'OLD' AND THE  * '
'//*   NEW PROFILE TO 'CURRENT'.   * '
'//* - -> CANCEL <- THE CHANGES TO THIS JOB MEMBER (PROFREN).  * '
'//* - LOGOFF TO ALLOW THE JOB TO COMPLETE.* '
'//* - LOGON AGAIN: THE PROFILE SHOULD HAVE BEEN UPDATED OK (WE HOPE)  * '
'//*   * '
'//*   * '
'//* 08/08/96 CMP  * '
'//* '
'//* '
'//COMPRESS EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY '
'//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=* '
'//SYSUT3DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(35,2))'
'//SYSUT4DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(35,2))'
'//I1DD DISP=OLD,DSN=   '
'//SYSIN DD *'
'  CI=I1,O=I1'
'//* '
'//RENAME  EXEC PGM=IEHPROGM '
'//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=* '
'//DISK1 DD DISP=SHR,UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=??'
'//ENQ   DD DISP=OLD,DSN=   '
'//SYSIN DD *'
'???OPROF SCRATCH DSNAME=,VOL=3390=??, X'
'   MEMBER=???OPROF  '
'???!PROF RENAME DSNAME=,VOL=3390=??,  X'
'   MEMBER=???!PROF,NEWNAME=???OPROF '
'???NPROF RENAME DSNAME=,VOL=3390=??,  X'
'   MEMBER=???NPROF,NEWNAME=???!PROF '
'/*  '
'//* '
'//  
'


Charles Mills wrote:


Wow! Thanks!

I "get" that this is primarily a "re-build" -- a "re-organize" for error 

Re: PDF issues with Linux [WAS Looking for an answer to an SVC question]

[Steve Thompson]

Yes, I happen to not use Windows for anything serious if I can 
help it. My desktop machine is actually a server tower running 
Suse 13.2 64bit with FF.


But, it just may be lying to their server... I keep forgetting if 
I have that thing turned on so that IE only sites work just fine 
talking to Linux.


Eventually I will see if Wine will run Adobe Reader

Regards,
Steve Thompson




On 07/08/2016 01:57 PM, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote:

Did you use a browser running under Linux when you went to:
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/

and then clicked the Download button?  I think it checks what operating system you are 
running under and chooses the appropriate install file, because when I hit 
"download" it did not ask which platform.

Al Nims
Systems Admin/Programmer 3
UFIT
University of Florida
(352) 273-1298

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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:49 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: PDF issues with Linux [WAS Looking for an answer to an SVC question]

I have pdf viewers. But FF sometimes will pass the link off to it, but mostly 
won't. And this has been going on for the past few releases of FF.

AND, then there are the Adobe built pdf files that the viewers all complain 
about, for having forms that they can't process.
Primary complaints with Taxing agency fill in the blank forms.

Tried to download Foxit. Kept trying to send me .exe files.
Waiting on them to respond to an email.

Regards,
Steve Thompson

On 07/08/2016 07:49 AM, Jantje. wrote:

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:37:40 -0400, Steve Thompson  wrote:



Meanwhile, Google is sometimes my enemy. With the Linux system I am
running, certain links will not function correctly, particularly when
they point directly to a .pdf (thank you Adobe for abandoning Linux).


Well, you could abandon Adobe...

I just installed Foxit on my Ubuntu (open 
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/ in your Firefox on your Linux and 
click the "Free Download" button, then follow the instructions given). Now any 
.pdf link just opens the document to view just fine.

Cheers,

Jantje.

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Re: ISPF Profile basic question

[Charles Mills]

Wow! Thanks!

I "get" that this is primarily a "re-build" -- a "re-organize" for error 
recovery. Would this, or a modest variant of this, let you create a new 
language profile? PROFILE FOO, for editing FOO datasets?

Charles

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Subject: Re: ISPF Profile basic question

To read an ISPF profile, REXX PROFREAD:

/*---*/
/* THIS THING READS A PROFILE POOL AS A TABLE AND EXTRACTS/DISPLAYS  */
/* ALL THE EXTENSION VARIABLES IN THAT POOL - I.E. ALL THE VARIABLES */



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Re: ISPF Profile basic question

[CM Poncelet]

To read an ISPF profile, REXX PROFREAD:

/*---*/
/* THIS THING READS A PROFILE POOL AS A TABLE AND EXTRACTS/DISPLAYS  */
/* ALL THE EXTENSION VARIABLES IN THAT POOL - I.E. ALL THE VARIABLES */
/* WHICH CAN BE 'VGET' FROM THE POOL - AND WRITES THEM TO A FILE.*/
/*   */
/* IT IS USEFUL IN THAT IT CAN BE USED TO REBUILD CORRUPTED PROFILE  */
/* POOLS: E.G. AFTER TSO SESSIONS HAVE ABENDED AND MORE Z-CLIST DATA */
/* CANNOT BE ADDED BECAUSE THE PROFILE POOL IS SUPPOSEDLY 'FULL'.*/
/*   */
/* THE VARIABLES AND THEIR VALUES ARE WRITTEN OUT TO A VB FILE   */
/* (LRECL=1028, FOR THE SAKE OF EXPEDIENCY) AND THIS FILE CAN LATER  */
/* BE READ AS INPUT TO RECREATING THE ORIGINAL PROFILE POOL, BY  */
/* ISSUING A 'VPUT' FOR EACH VARIABLE READ IN FROM THE FILE (AFTER   */
/* ASSOCIATING THE VARIABLE WITH ITS VALUE, ALSO IN THIS FILE).  */
/*   */
/* INPUT  FILE: .ISPF.ISPPROF*/
/* OUTPUT FILE: ..VARLIST  */
/*   */
/*   */
/* 10/06/96 CMP: TIDY-UP */
/* 04/06/96 CMP: UPDATED TO ALLOW EXTRACTING VARIABLES FROM ANY  */
/*   PROFILE (PROVIDED IT IS IN THE 'INPUT' FILE.)   */
/* 03/06/96 CMP  */
/*---*/

 ARG PROFNAME TRACE
 IF ABBREV('DEBUG',TRACE,1) THEN TRACE ALL

INITS:
 SYSUID  = USERID()

PROCEDURE:
 CALL LIBDEFS
 CALL TABLE_STATUS
 CALL CHECK_STATUS1
 CALL CHECK_STATUS2

 CALL PROCESS_POOL
 IF OPEN_FLAG = 'YES' THEN ,
   CALL TABLE_CLOSE

 CALL ALLOC_DATASETS
 CALL WRITE_POOL
 CALL EDIT_POOL
 CALL FREE_DATASETS

 CALL RESET_LIBDEFS
 CALL EXIT


LIBDEFS:
 PROFDSN = SYSUID'.ISPF.ISPPROF'
 IF PROFNAME = '' THEN ,
   DO
   SAY 'Please supply the name of the profile to be read from 'PROFDSN,
   'when invoking this Clist.'
   CALL EXIT
   END
 PROFDSNQ = "'"PROFDSN"'"
 "ISPEXEC LIBDEF MATABLE DATASET ID("PROFDSNQ")"
 RETURN

ALLOC_DATASETS:
 PROFVARS = "'"SYSUID'.'PROFNAME'.VARLIST'"'"
 IF SYSDSN(PROFVARS) ¬= 'OK' THEN ,
   "ALLOC FI(PROFFILE) DA("PROFVARS") NEW CATALOG ,
SPACE(1,1) TRACKS RECFM(V B) LRECL(1028) BLKSIZE(27998)"
 ELSE ,
   "ALLOC FI(PROFFILE) DA("PROFVARS") SHR KEEP"
 RETURN

TABLE_STATUS:
 "ISPEXEC TBSTATS "PROFNAME" ,
  STATUS1(STATUS1) STATUS2(STATUS2) LIBRARY(MATABLE)"
 RETURN

CHECK_STATUS1:
 IF STATUS1 ¬= 1 THEN ,
   DO
   SELECT
 WHEN (STATUS1==2) THEN SAY ,
   'Profile 'PROFNAME' does not exist in 'PROFDSN': please check.'
 WHEN (STATUS1==3) THEN SAY ,
   'Dataset 'PROFDSN' has not been allocated: please check.'
 OTHERWISE
   END /* SELECT */
   CALL EXIT
   END /* IF */
 RETURN

CHECK_STATUS2:
 SELECT
   WHEN (STATUS2==1) THEN CALL OPEN_TABLE
   OTHERWISE NOP
 END /* SELECT */
 RETURN

OPEN_TABLE:
 "ISPEXEC TBOPEN "PROFNAME" ,
  NOWRITE LIBRARY(MATABLE)"
 IF RC > 0 THEN ,
   DO
   SAY 'RC = 'RC' on return from TBOPEN 'PROFNAME' - now you know.'
   END /* IF */
 ELSE ,
   OPEN_FLAG = 'YES'
 RETURN

PROCESS_POOL:
 "ISPEXEC TBTOP   "PROFNAME
 "ISPEXEC TBSKIP  "PROFNAME
 "ISPEXEC TBGET   "PROFNAME" SAVENAME(VARLIST)"
 IF RC = 0 THEN ,
   DO
   TO   = 1
   FROM = TO+1
   TO = POS(' ',VARLIST,FROM)
   DO I = 1 TO 99 WHILE TO > 0
 J= SUBSTR(VARLIST,FROM,TO-FROM)
 POOLVAR.I = LEFT(J,8) VALUE(J)
 FROM = TO+1
 TO = POS(' ',VARLIST,FROM)
 END
   TO = POS(')',VARLIST,FROM)
   J= SUBSTR(VARLIST,FROM,TO-FROM)
   POOLVAR.I = LEFT(J,8) VALUE(J)
   END /* IF */
 ELSE ,
   DO
   CALL TABLE_QUERY
   IF RC = 0 THEN ,
 DO
 SAY 'Values returned by TBGET 'PROFNAME':'
 SAY ' '
 SAY 'SAVENAME = 'VARLIST
 SAY ' '
 SAY ' '
 SAY 'Values returned by TBQUERY 'PROFNAME':'
 SAY ' '
 SAY 'KEYS = 'KEYNAME
 SAY 'NAMENUM  = 'TOTNAMES
 SAY 'NAMES= 'NAMELIST
 SAY 'ROWNUM   = 'TOTROWS
 SAY 'POSITION = 'CRPOS
 SAY ' '
 SAY ' '
 SAY 'Use the above information to figure out what the problem is.'
 SAY ' '
 END
   END /* ELSE */
 RETURN

TABLE_QUERY:
 "ISPEXEC TBQUERY "PROFNAME" KEYS(KEYNAME) NAMES(NAMELIST) ,
  ROWNUM(TOTROWS) NAMENUM(TOTNAMES) POSITION(CRPOS)"
 RETURN

WRITE_POOL:
 POOLVAR.0 = I
 "EXECIO * DISKW PROFFILE (STEM POOLVAR.)"
 "EXECIO 0 DISKW PROFFILE (FINIS)"
 IF RC = 0 THEN ,
   SAY 'Dataset 'PROFVARS' has been updated with the variables',
   'contained in '''PROFDSN'('PROFNAME')''.'
 RETURN

EDIT_POOL:
 "ISPEXEC VPUT (TRACE) SHARED"
 "ISPEXEC EDIT DATASET("PROFVARS") MACRO(PROFTIDY)"
 RETURN

TABLE_CLOSE:
 "ISPEXEC TBCLOSE "PROFNAME" ,
  

Re: PDF issues with Linux [WAS Looking for an answer to an SVC question]

[Nims,Alva John (Al)]

Did you use a browser running under Linux when you went to:
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/

and then clicked the Download button?  I think it checks what operating system 
you are running under and chooses the appropriate install file, because when I 
hit "download" it did not ask which platform.

Al Nims
Systems Admin/Programmer 3
UFIT
University of Florida
(352) 273-1298

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of Steve Thompson
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:49 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: PDF issues with Linux [WAS Looking for an answer to an SVC question]

I have pdf viewers. But FF sometimes will pass the link off to it, but mostly 
won't. And this has been going on for the past few releases of FF.

AND, then there are the Adobe built pdf files that the viewers all complain 
about, for having forms that they can't process. 
Primary complaints with Taxing agency fill in the blank forms.

Tried to download Foxit. Kept trying to send me .exe files. 
Waiting on them to respond to an email.

Regards,
Steve Thompson

On 07/08/2016 07:49 AM, Jantje. wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:37:40 -0400, Steve Thompson  wrote:
>
>
>> Meanwhile, Google is sometimes my enemy. With the Linux system I am 
>> running, certain links will not function correctly, particularly when 
>> they point directly to a .pdf (thank you Adobe for abandoning Linux).
>>
> Well, you could abandon Adobe...
>
> I just installed Foxit on my Ubuntu (open 
> https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/ in your Firefox on your 
> Linux and click the "Free Download" button, then follow the instructions 
> given). Now any .pdf link just opens the document to view just fine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jantje.
>
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PDF issues with Linux [WAS Looking for an answer to an SVC question]

[Steve Thompson]

I have pdf viewers. But FF sometimes will pass the link off to 
it, but mostly won't. And this has been going on for the past few 
releases of FF.


AND, then there are the Adobe built pdf files that the viewers 
all complain about, for having forms that they can't process. 
Primary complaints with Taxing agency fill in the blank forms.


Tried to download Foxit. Kept trying to send me .exe files. 
Waiting on them to respond to an email.


Regards,
Steve Thompson

On 07/08/2016 07:49 AM, Jantje. wrote:

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:37:40 -0400, Steve Thompson  wrote:



Meanwhile, Google is sometimes my enemy. With the Linux system I
am running, certain links will not function correctly,
particularly when they point directly to a .pdf (thank you Adobe
for abandoning Linux).


Well, you could abandon Adobe...

I just installed Foxit on my Ubuntu (open 
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/ in your Firefox on your Linux and 
click the "Free Download" button, then follow the instructions given). Now any 
.pdf link just opens the document to view just fine.

Cheers,

Jantje.

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Re: Does anybody perhaps know a MQ-series mail-forum ( special for zOS) ? - thx

[Stone, Sandy]

Here's a good one:
MQSeries List 


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Re: Command to display Enqueue

[Nims,Alva John (Al)]

CBT File 300 ?

Al Nims
Systems Admin/Programmer 3
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University of Florida
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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 12:57 PM
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Subject: Re: Command to display Enqueue

Not sure where the QCB comes from:
xxx.CLIST(WHOHAS)
PROC 1 D
  CONTROL   PROMPT NOSYMLIST NOLIST NOCONLIST NOCAPS   MSG NOFLUSH
  /* ADDED IF THEN SET TO WORK WITH ISPF 3.4 (REMOVE QUOTES) */
  IF (1:1,) EQ (') THEN +
SET  = (2:()-1,)
  QCB SYSDSN/
  WRITE QCB SYSDSN/
END /* PROC */

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Longabaugh, Robert E 
 wrote:
> There is a "WHOHAS" TSO command which is probably on CBT.
>
> Command:
>   tso whohas 'sys1.proclib'
>
>
> response is:
>
> SYS1.PROCLIB
>
> JOB_NAME  SCOPESYS_NAME  TYPE  STATUS   JOBTYPE  ASID
>    ------ 
>   ---   
> TSOUSR1 System   SYSASHR Using   TSU   
> 01B5
> ***
>
>
> Then you can decide whether to send a message to free the data set, or just 
> to cancel the TSO session.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] 
> On Behalf Of John McKown
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 10:05 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Command to display Enqueue
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:51 AM, FRISBIE, JIM  wrote:
>
>> Is there a system command that will show if a specific file is enqueued?
>> And even better, who holds the enqueue? We have a nightly batch job 
>> that backs up a file on System-A and then restores it on System-B.
>> About once a month a TSO user (almost always the same Operator) will 
>> have that file open, DFDSS can't get an exclusive enqueue and issues 
>> RC=8. If it can be determined whether the file is in use before the 
>> job is run, the Operator won't run the job and I won't get a phone 
>> call at midnight. Even though the documentation says "Fill out a 
>> Problem Report and DON"T CALL ANYBODY" the Operator persists in calling.
>>
>> My sleep and the life of the Operator are at risk, any help would be 
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> I cheat. I put an IEFBR14 step at the end of the job with:
>
> //ENQUEUE EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
> //STOPIT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dsn.to.reserve
>
> I also put SHARE TOL(ENQF) in my DFDSS control cards if all I'm doing is a 
> non-critical back up.
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Jim Frisbie
>> Sr Systems Programmer
>> 919-831-4711
>>
>
> --
> "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check 
> their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
> Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then 
> blow everyone up."
> "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
> "They've got a similar ring to my ear."
>
> From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker:
>
> Maranatha! <><
> John McKown
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Re: Command to display Enqueue

[Mike Schwab]

Not sure where the QCB comes from:
xxx.CLIST(WHOHAS)
PROC 1 D
  CONTROL   PROMPT NOSYMLIST NOLIST NOCONLIST NOCAPS   MSG NOFLUSH
  /* ADDED IF THEN SET TO WORK WITH ISPF 3.4 (REMOVE QUOTES) */
  IF (1:1,) EQ (') THEN +
SET  = (2:()-1,)
  QCB SYSDSN/
  WRITE QCB SYSDSN/
END /* PROC */

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Longabaugh, Robert E
 wrote:
> There is a "WHOHAS" TSO command which is probably on CBT.
>
> Command:
>   tso whohas 'sys1.proclib'
>
>
> response is:
>
> SYS1.PROCLIB
>
> JOB_NAME  SCOPESYS_NAME  TYPE  STATUS   JOBTYPE  ASID
>    ------ 
>   ---   
> TSOUSR1 System   SYSASHR Using   TSU   
> 01B5
> ***
>
>
> Then you can decide whether to send a message to free the data set, or just 
> to cancel the TSO session.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On 
> Behalf Of John McKown
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 10:05 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Command to display Enqueue
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:51 AM, FRISBIE, JIM  wrote:
>
>> Is there a system command that will show if a specific file is enqueued?
>> And even better, who holds the enqueue? We have a nightly batch job
>> that backs up a file on System-A and then restores it on System-B.
>> About once a month a TSO user (almost always the same Operator) will
>> have that file open, DFDSS can't get an exclusive enqueue and issues
>> RC=8. If it can be determined whether the file is in use before the
>> job is run, the Operator won't run the job and I won't get a phone
>> call at midnight. Even though the documentation says "Fill out a
>> Problem Report and DON"T CALL ANYBODY" the Operator persists in calling.
>>
>> My sleep and the life of the Operator are at risk, any help would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> I cheat. I put an IEFBR14 step at the end of the job with:
>
> //ENQUEUE EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
> //STOPIT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dsn.to.reserve
>
> I also put SHARE TOL(ENQF) in my DFDSS control cards if all I'm doing is a 
> non-critical back up.
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Jim Frisbie
>> Sr Systems Programmer
>> 919-831-4711
>>
>
> --
> "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check 
> their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
> Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then 
> blow everyone up."
> "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
> "They've got a similar ring to my ear."
>
> From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker:
>
> Maranatha! <><
> John McKown
>
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Re: Command to display Enqueue

[Gates, Guy]

Hello,

 Has anyone mentioned the GRS Command?

 D GRS,RES=(*,put-dataset-name-here)


 i.e D GRS,RES=(*,SYS1.LINKLIB)

 Response:

-D GRS,RES=(*,SYS1.LINKLIB) 
 ISG343I 11.14.13 GRS STATUS 331
 S=SYSTEM  SYSDSN   SYS1.LINKLIB
 SYSNAMEJOBNAME ASID TCBADDR   EXC/SHRSTATUS
 SYSA  XCFAS  0006   008FF890   SHARE  OWN  
 SYSA  LLA001A   008FF890   SHARE  OWN  

Thanks...Guy M. Gates Jr.


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Of John McKown
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 10:05 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Command to display Enqueue

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:51 AM, FRISBIE, JIM  wrote:

> Is there a system command that will show if a specific file is enqueued?
> And even better, who holds the enqueue? We have a nightly batch job 
> that backs up a file on System-A and then restores it on System-B. 
> About once a month a TSO user (almost always the same Operator) will 
> have that file open, DFDSS can't get an exclusive enqueue and issues 
> RC=8. If it can be determined whether the file is in use before the 
> job is run, the Operator won't run the job and I won't get a phone 
> call at midnight. Even though the documentation says "Fill out a 
> Problem Report and DON"T CALL ANYBODY" the Operator persists in calling.
>
> My sleep and the life of the Operator are at risk, any help would be 
> greatly appreciated.
>

​I cheat. I put an IEFBR14 step at the end of the job with:

//ENQUEUE EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STOPIT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dsn.to.reserve

I also put SHARE TOL(ENQF) in my DFDSS control cards if all I'm doing is a 
non-critical back up.




>
>
> Jim Frisbie
> Sr Systems Programmer
> 919-831-4711
>

--
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their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then 
blow everyone up."
"I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
"They've got a similar ring to my ear."

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Maranatha! <><
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Re: Command to display Enqueue

[Nims,Alva John (Al)]

Could you mean, ISGECMON? That program is in SYS1.SAMPLIB on my z/OS 1.13 
system and also is a:
"DESCRIPTIVE-NAME = Sample program to detect dataset contention and notify the 
dataset owner (if possible)."

The "WHOHAS" has also been mentioned, which is good.  In a previous JOB of 
mine, to avoid overwriting the SYSRES packs, we had an empty data set with the 
VolSer of the SYSRES cataloged and stored on each SYSRES.  The SDSF Started 
task had a DD statement to allocate the data set using symbols for the volser.  
We then used a TSO WHOHAS command to check if the data set is enqued for the 
RES volume we were about to build, if it was, the WHOHAS command issued a RC=8 
and the JOB would then fail based on the RC.  I do not have the source for that 
version of WHOHAS, but I am sure you can figure out how to make one.

Al Nims
Systems Admin/Programmer 3
UFIT
University of Florida
(352) 273-1298

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Of Joseph W Gentile
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 10:13 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Command to display Enqueue

Hi, if you are running at z/OS 2.1 or higher have you taken a look at ISGECJES 
in SAMPLIB? It is an assembler program that monitors for dataset contention 
every user-definable-interval and issues a message (TPUT, WTO) for each 
resource found to be in contention. If you  are up for some coding, it could 
provide a starting point for a program to simply do a GQSCAN for the resource 
in question (code the RNAME, and remove WAITCNT), display the results somehow, 
and exit. Then you could code some JCL to make the execution of the job steps 
you really want to run conditional based on whether the GQSCAN step finds the 
resource to be held.

-Joe

Joe Gentile
z/OS GRS and RSM Development
(845)435-2184 (T/L 295-2184)
jwgen...@us.ibm.com


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Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Paul Gilmartin]

On 2016-07-08, at 07:29, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote:

> I see no reason to 'edit' an ibm publication ...
>  
A while ago there was a debate hereabouts on whether customers
should install ISV software according to the vendors' suggested
DSN qualifiers or according to customers' naming conventions.
I supported the prior alternative:

"Skills should be portable.  Uniformity makes communication
with vendors' Tech Support simpler."

"Ya gotta have standards.  Enforcing site conventions simplifies
employee training."

"Using idiosyncratic names invalidates instructions and examples
in the documentation, even supplied sample JCL."

"If the docs are in electronic form, they and the samples can be
edited to reflect the site conventions."

Sigh.  And re-done with each new release.

> .. but I do frequently use highlight and add notes to pdf's which I maintain 
> local copies of. I don't think I can do that with all e-pub readers. Now if 
> the KC would allow annotations - perhaps community comments (moderated of 
> course) then that would be very helpful - like a community RCF).
>  
I believe that some recent iteration of KC supported such a facility.


> -Original Message-
> From: John McKown
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 8:22 AM
> 
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote:
> 
>> ...  I believe that PDFs can be 
>> protected from being "Edited" and still allow it to be read without 
>> having to enter a password, ...
>>  
  Lately an emerita of a public institution sought my help with
a request for benefits changes that had been emailed to her as a PDF.
It could be opened *only* with Adobe Reader; any other viewer showed
simply a page explaining the need for AR; the payload was somehow concealed.
It could be edited to supply responses, but *only* with AR.  Making
a change brought up an Alert that the edited document could *not* be
saved, only printed.  Tested; they spoke sooth.  Tried to print it;
got an alert saying I needed to filter it to a .doc(!?) in order to print.
This is a MacBook Pro.  The OS X Print dialog has always provided a
Print to PDF option.  OK.  Ignored the AR print button and selected Print
from the OS X menu bar.  AR intercepted and supplied an altered Print
dialog with Print to PDF disabled.  Went back to the AR print command
and clicked Help and got an invitation to license the PDF-to-.doc
filter from Creative Cloud for $1.99/month.

Gave up; took it on USB Flash to Kinko's who printed 2 copies of 13
pages, collated, for $0.05/page.  I invited her to fill it out with
a ballpoint pen and mail it back (only USPS as instructed; no
electronic submissions accepted).

Bandits!  Steve didn't like Adobe very much, either.  

> 
> ... Hum, does IBM allow you to copy an unmodified PDF which is "generally 
> available" via the web and give it to another person?  ...
>  
I believe the ToS say "Customers only".

-- gil

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Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

[Peter]

Hi,

Would someone be kind to share your Hipersocket Definitions at your
site(Ofcourse masking the critical details).

I am though referring http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246816.pdf

Just want to get your view on the Dynamic Routing(OMPRCONF) for Hipersocket
so that all the inter-LPAR communication gets the Hipersocket and the
external communications are only made by OSA.

I understood that, if our VTAM is an APPN node with IBM EE running, then it
can offload the SNA traffic to IP.





On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Timothy Sipples  wrote:

> In addition to the previous comments, there are some potential advantages
> to HiperSockets when considering workload portability. You may be able to
> ignore some OSA-Express physical and logical configuration considerations
> for inter-LPAR communications on, for example, a DR machine. That could
> simplify DR procedures and thus make DR more robust, in certain cases
> anyway.
>
> I too recommend adopting SMC-D as soon as reasonably practical. SMC-D is
> not a complete replacement for HiperSockets (or for OSA-Express
> connections). However, implementing HiperSockets is a common step on the
> journey to implementing SMC-D, even if you're not immediately ready to
> implement SMC-D.
>
> HiperSocket connections need not replace OSA-Express connections when both
> network paths are available. You can choose one, the other, or both
> inter-LPAR connectivity options, selectively and opportunistically,
> subsystem by subsystem, application by application. For example, you can
> choose the HiperSocket path when low latency is most important.
>
> Yes, HiperSockets require a modest amount of central processor attention
> when there is HiperSocket activity. However, for many (or even most)
> workloads the latency reduction yields CPU savings. So even if you *only*
> care about CPU utilization (you shouldn't), you may still be better off
> using HiperSockets. You can make such evaluations and decisions
> selectively, as noted in the previous paragraph.
>
> HiperSockets can make certain workloads (and LPAR splits) that were
> practically impossible possible, particularly certain batch workloads that
> have to (or should) cross LPAR boundaries during their execution but also
> occasionally online transactions with tight response time limits.
>
> HiperSockets may allow you to reduce the number of OSA-Express adapters in
> your machine -- or at least to avoid increasing the number of adapters in
> the future. Or, said another way, with HiperSockets the genuinely external
> network traffic doesn't have to compete with inter-LPAR traffic for
> OSA-Express resources.
>
> HiperSockets offer some inherent security advantages.
>
> Good stuff, those HiperSockets.
>
>
> 
> Timothy Sipples
> IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA
> E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com
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Re: Command to display Enqueue

[Longabaugh, Robert E]

There is a "WHOHAS" TSO command which is probably on CBT.  

Command:
  tso whohas 'sys1.proclib'


response is:

SYS1.PROCLIB 
 
JOB_NAME  SCOPESYS_NAME  TYPE  STATUS   JOBTYPE  ASID
   ------   
---   
TSOUSR1 System   SYSASHR Using   TSU   01B5
***  


Then you can decide whether to send a message to free the data set, or just to 
cancel the TSO session.
 





-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of John McKown
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 10:05 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Command to display Enqueue

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:51 AM, FRISBIE, JIM  wrote:

> Is there a system command that will show if a specific file is enqueued?
> And even better, who holds the enqueue? We have a nightly batch job 
> that backs up a file on System-A and then restores it on System-B. 
> About once a month a TSO user (almost always the same Operator) will 
> have that file open, DFDSS can't get an exclusive enqueue and issues 
> RC=8. If it can be determined whether the file is in use before the 
> job is run, the Operator won't run the job and I won't get a phone 
> call at midnight. Even though the documentation says "Fill out a 
> Problem Report and DON"T CALL ANYBODY" the Operator persists in calling.
>
> My sleep and the life of the Operator are at risk, any help would be 
> greatly appreciated.
>

​I cheat. I put an IEFBR14 step at the end of the job with:

//ENQUEUE EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STOPIT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dsn.to.reserve

I also put SHARE TOL(ENQF) in my DFDSS control cards if all I'm doing is a 
non-critical back up.




>
>
> Jim Frisbie
> Sr Systems Programmer
> 919-831-4711
>

--
"Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check 
their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then 
blow everyone up."
"I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
"They've got a similar ring to my ear."

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Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Susan Shumway]

Good to know, Peter. Thank you and noted.

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Re: Command to display Enqueue

[Joseph W Gentile]

Hi, if you are running at z/OS 2.1 or higher have you taken a look at 
ISGECJES in SAMPLIB? It is an assembler program that monitors for dataset 
contention every user-definable-interval and issues a message (TPUT, WTO) 
for each resource found to be in contention. If you  are up for some 
coding, it could provide a starting point for a program to simply do a 
GQSCAN for the resource in question (code the RNAME, and remove WAITCNT), 
display the results somehow, and exit. Then you could code some JCL to 
make the execution of the job steps you really want to run conditional 
based on whether the GQSCAN step finds the resource to be held.

-Joe

Joe Gentile
z/OS GRS and RSM Development
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Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[John McKown]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Pew, Curtis G 
wrote:

> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:33 AM, John McKown 
> wrote:
> >
> > I still maintain that my preference is for a textual "source" format such
> > as LaTeX being the official format. With IBM rendering that into PDF,
> mobi,
> > epub, and HTML5 as part of its distribution process. I like PDF. I really
> > do. But the original design objective for PDF, as mentioned previously,
> is
> > "print fidelity". That is, it __looks__ the same. In my world, content
> (not
> > appearance) is king. LaTeX is basically a textual "mark up" language,
> like
> > DCF (SGML). So I can store it on z/OS and actually read it (and
> > cut'n'paste) in an ISPF session. Am I being too "reactionary" in wanting
> to
> > have my documentation on the same system as it is documenting? I.e. z/OS
> > documentation on z/OS needing only access to z/OS without any other
> > "specialized" software on a "desktop"? I also like having said
> > documentation in a z/OS UNIX file because: (1) the file names can be more
> > descriptive due to being longer; (2) I'm used to searching for text using
> > "egrep" and regular expressions. Seems like a person will either "love"
> > (me) regexps or "passionately hate" them.
>
> An ePUB document is just a zip archive containing HTML documents,
> supporting files like CSS, fonts, and images, and some metadata files. You
> can unzip it and then view the contents in a regular web browser, or even a
> text editor. “egrep” should work over the unzipped contents.
>

​I didn't know that! Thanks very much. ​


>
> --
> Pew, Curtis G
> curtis@austin.utexas.edu
> ITS Systems/Core/Administrative Services
>
>

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their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then
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"I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
"They've got a similar ring to my ear."

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Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Nims,Alva John (Al)]

Actually, I think you are correct, my use of "Copyright" was wrong, but I think 
that the sentiment is the same and protecting the "Integrity" of the 
information contained in the document is just as important.

I like the additional information you have provided and you know that IBM has 
the Lawyers involved, so ..

Al Nims
University of Florida

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On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Nims,Alva John (Al)  wrote:

> I like your comments about ePubs and PDF, with the respect of readers 
> being available for multiple platforms.
>
> Now looking at it from IBM's point-of-view and "Copyright" material, 
> are ePubs a little easier to "Edit" than a PDF?  I really do not know 
> that answer, that is why I am asking.  I believe that PDFs can be 
> protected from being "Edited" and still allow it to be read without 
> having to enter a password, is there something similar for ePubs?  I 
> do not know how much protection can be done in an ePub and again, I 
> "Think" my statement about PDFs is correct, but I have been known to 
> be wrong before! :)
>

​I understand your question. But I don't understand why IBM would want to stop 
someone from "editing" a PDF. Well, I do in a way, to maintain integrity of the 
information. But so far as copyright is concerned, unless allowed, it is 
illegal to make a copy of a "book" (PDF document in this
case) and re-distribute it. Back in the "dead tree" days, there wasn't anything 
that stopped a person with a pen or mark-up pen from "editing" a manual. And 
then they could (physically) make a copy of those pages and distribute them. Of 
course, the edits were a bit obvious. Hum, does IBM allow you to copy an 
unmodified PDF which is "generally available" via the web and give it to 
another person? I know that some web publishers are saying that "deep linking" 
to an article on their site is a copyright violation. They want users to go to 
their home page and then click-through to the article for ad revenue. Again, 
IMO, this "webvertising"​ was thought up in the lower regions of the place of 
eternal damnation. I get this a lot on my comics sites. I'd rather pay a 
distributor to email the comics I like directly to me. Or make a personal 
comics page specifically for me which requires a "key" of some sort (my bank 
does this - won't allow access by a computer unless the computer has the "key" 
installed).



>
> Al Nims
> University of Flordia
>
>
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their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then 
blow everyone up."
"I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
"They've got a similar ring to my ear."

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Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Pew, Curtis G]

On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:33 AM, John McKown  wrote:
> 
> I still maintain that my preference is for a textual "source" format such
> as LaTeX being the official format. With IBM rendering that into PDF, mobi,
> epub, and HTML5 as part of its distribution process. I like PDF. I really
> do. But the original design objective for PDF, as mentioned previously, is
> "print fidelity". That is, it __looks__ the same. In my world, content (not
> appearance) is king. LaTeX is basically a textual "mark up" language, like
> DCF (SGML). So I can store it on z/OS and actually read it (and
> cut'n'paste) in an ISPF session. Am I being too "reactionary" in wanting to
> have my documentation on the same system as it is documenting? I.e. z/OS
> documentation on z/OS needing only access to z/OS without any other
> "specialized" software on a "desktop"? I also like having said
> documentation in a z/OS UNIX file because: (1) the file names can be more
> descriptive due to being longer; (2) I'm used to searching for text using
> "egrep" and regular expressions. Seems like a person will either "love"
> (me) regexps or "passionately hate" them.

An ePUB document is just a zip archive containing HTML documents, supporting 
files like CSS, fonts, and images, and some metadata files. You can unzip it 
and then view the contents in a regular web browser, or even a text editor. 
“egrep” should work over the unzipped contents.

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Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)]

I see no reason to 'edit' an ibm publication but I do frequently use highlight 
and add notes to pdf's which I maintain local copies of. I don't think I can do 
that with all e-pub readers. Now if the KC would allow annotations - perhaps 
community comments (moderated of course) then that would be very helpful - like 
a community RCF).

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On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Nims,Alva John (Al)  wrote:

> I like your comments about ePubs and PDF, with the respect of readers 
> being available for multiple platforms.
>
> Now looking at it from IBM's point-of-view and "Copyright" material, 
> are ePubs a little easier to "Edit" than a PDF?  I really do not know 
> that answer, that is why I am asking.  I believe that PDFs can be 
> protected from being "Edited" and still allow it to be read without 
> having to enter a password, is there something similar for ePubs?  I 
> do not know how much protection can be done in an ePub and again, I 
> "Think" my statement about PDFs is correct, but I have been known to 
> be wrong before! :)
>

​I understand your question. But I don't understand why IBM would want to stop 
someone from "editing" a PDF. Well, I do in a way, to maintain integrity of the 
information. But so far as copyright is concerned, unless allowed, it is 
illegal to make a copy of a "book" (PDF document in this
case) and re-distribute it. Back in the "dead tree" days, there wasn't anything 
that stopped a person with a pen or mark-up pen from "editing" a manual. And 
then they could (physically) make a copy of those pages and distribute them. Of 
course, the edits were a bit obvious. Hum, does IBM allow you to copy an 
unmodified PDF which is "generally available" via the web and give it to 
another person? I know that some web publishers are saying that "deep linking" 
to an article on their site is a copyright violation. They want users to go to 
their home page and then click-through to the article for ad revenue. Again, 
IMO, this "webvertising"​ was thought up in the lower regions of the place of 
eternal damnation. I get this a lot on my comics sites. I'd rather pay a 
distributor to email the comics I like directly to me. Or make a personal 
comics page specifically for me which requires a "key" of some sort (my bank 
does this - won't allow access by a computer unless the computer has the "key" 
installed).



>
> Al Nims
> University of Flordia
>
>
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Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[John McKown]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Nims,Alva John (Al)  wrote:

> I like your comments about ePubs and PDF, with the respect of readers
> being available for multiple platforms.
>
> Now looking at it from IBM's point-of-view and "Copyright" material, are
> ePubs a little easier to "Edit" than a PDF?  I really do not know that
> answer, that is why I am asking.  I believe that PDFs can be protected from
> being "Edited" and still allow it to be read without having to enter a
> password, is there something similar for ePubs?  I do not know how much
> protection can be done in an ePub and again, I "Think" my statement about
> PDFs is correct, but I have been known to be wrong before! :)
>

​I understand your question. But I don't understand why IBM would want to
stop someone from "editing" a PDF. Well, I do in a way, to maintain
integrity of the information. But so far as copyright is concerned, unless
allowed, it is illegal to make a copy of a "book" (PDF document in this
case) and re-distribute it. Back in the "dead tree" days, there wasn't
anything that stopped a person with a pen or mark-up pen from "editing" a
manual. And then they could (physically) make a copy of those pages and
distribute them. Of course, the edits were a bit obvious. Hum, does IBM
allow you to copy an unmodified PDF which is "generally available" via the
web and give it to another person? I know that some web publishers are
saying that "deep linking" to an article on their site is a copyright
violation. They want users to go to their home page and then click-through
to the article for ad revenue. Again, IMO, this "webvertising"​ was thought
up in the lower regions of the place of eternal damnation. I get this a lot
on my comics sites. I'd rather pay a distributor to email the comics I like
directly to me. Or make a personal comics page specifically for me which
requires a "key" of some sort (my bank does this - won't allow access by a
computer unless the computer has the "key" installed).



>
> Al Nims
> University of Flordia
>
>
-- 
"Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check
their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then
blow everyone up."
"I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
"They've got a similar ring to my ear."

>From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker:

Maranatha! <><
John McKown

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Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Nims,Alva John (Al)]

I like your comments about ePubs and PDF, with the respect of readers being 
available for multiple platforms.

Now looking at it from IBM's point-of-view and "Copyright" material, are ePubs 
a little easier to "Edit" than a PDF?  I really do not know that answer, that 
is why I am asking.  I believe that PDFs can be protected from being "Edited" 
and still allow it to be read without having to enter a password, is there 
something similar for ePubs?  I do not know how much protection can be done in 
an ePub and again, I "Think" my statement about PDFs is correct, but I have 
been known to be wrong before! :)

Al Nims
University of Flordia

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Which platform doesn't support ePubs?

I agree with comments others have made regarding consistent formatting of PDFs 
(at least, when the authors embed the fonts anyway), and the different aims of 
PDF vs e-reader formats (whatever they might be, excluding PDF!).

I've got readers for Android, Windows and Linux. I don't have an Apple device 
so can't comment on OSX or iOS, but I'd be extremely surprised if there wasn't 
one. For my money, ePubs are usually smaller than their PDF counterparts.

Like you, I don't really care one way or the other, but what I do want is an 
usable, fast, and intuitive interface to the manuals on the IBM site - I don't 
really have a need for manuals offline, because if I've got a connection to a 
mainframe, I'll have internet access as well. 

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>Just out of curiosity, if ePubs of z/OS books provided all the same 
>functionalities as PDFs (same technical content, same methods for 
>obtaining/saving, etc.), plus had added benefits such as visual scaling and 
>accessibility, would you still be so adamant about keeping PDFs? 




Basically I don't care what format is used, what I *do care* is that I want one 
format for which there is a reader on just about any platform. I do not want to 
keep the same book in different formats for different platforms. As a matter of 
fact, there are PDF readers available on all platforms (at least I now about 
Linux, iOS, OSX, Windows, Android).


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Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[John McKown]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Peter Hunkeler  wrote:

> >Just out of curiosity, if ePubs of z/OS books provided all the same
> functionalities as PDFs (same technical content, same methods for
> obtaining/saving, etc.), plus had added benefits such as visual scaling and
> accessibility, would you still be so adamant about keeping PDFs?
>
> Basically I don't care what format is used, what I *do care* is that I
> want one format for which there is a reader on just about any platform. I
> do not want to keep the same book in different formats for different
> platforms. As a matter of fact, there are PDF readers available on all
> platforms (at least I now about Linux, iOS, OSX, Windows, Android).
>

I still maintain that my preference is for a textual "source" format such
as LaTeX being the official format. With IBM rendering that into PDF, mobi,
epub, and HTML5 as part of its distribution process. I like PDF. I really
do. But the original design objective for PDF, as mentioned previously, is
"print fidelity". That is, it __looks__ the same. In my world, content (not
appearance) is king. LaTeX is basically a textual "mark up" language, like
DCF (SGML). So I can store it on z/OS and actually read it (and
cut'n'paste) in an ISPF session. Am I being too "reactionary" in wanting to
have my documentation on the same system as it is documenting? I.e. z/OS
documentation on z/OS needing only access to z/OS without any other
"specialized" software on a "desktop"? I also like having said
documentation in a z/OS UNIX file because: (1) the file names can be more
descriptive due to being longer; (2) I'm used to searching for text using
"egrep" and regular expressions. Seems like a person will either "love"
(me) regexps or "passionately hate" them.


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>


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their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then
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"I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
"They've got a similar ring to my ear."

>From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker:

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Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Pew, Curtis G]

On Jul 8, 2016, at 3:36 AM, Styles, Andy (SD EP zPlatform) 
<00d68f765d25-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> 
> I've got readers for Android, Windows and Linux. I don't have an Apple device 
> so can't comment on OSX or iOS, but I'd be extremely surprised if there 
> wasn't one. For my money, ePubs are usually smaller than their PDF 
> counterparts.

Apple’s iBooks app, installed by default in OS X and iOS, is an ePUB reader. 
You can get calibre on OS X as well.

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Re: Looking for an answer to an SVC question

[Jantje.]

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:37:40 -0400, Steve Thompson  wrote:


>Meanwhile, Google is sometimes my enemy. With the Linux system I
>am running, certain links will not function correctly,
>particularly when they point directly to a .pdf (thank you Adobe
>for abandoning Linux).
>
Well, you could abandon Adobe...

I just installed Foxit on my Ubuntu (open 
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/ in your Firefox on your 
Linux and click the "Free Download" button, then follow the instructions 
given). Now any .pdf link just opens the document to view just fine.

Cheers,

Jantje.

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Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Peter Hunkeler]

Sue Shumway wrote:
> I *highly* recommend that all KC users, even IBMers, view it: 
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/about/videotour.mp4 .)


I just watched that video. Well worth watching. I'm getting to like the new KC 
more and more.


But still I want the possibility to download the books for offline reading.


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AW: Re: AW: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Peter Hunkeler]

>> What I absoultely dislike is the fact that it does not seem to work well 
>> with IE
>I view that as a plus :) And if IE is mandated at work, it's time to sling the 
>rez ... :)


If only administrators would change their mind and allow us poor IT users to 
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Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Styles, Andy (SD EP zPlatform)]

Which platform doesn't support ePubs?

I agree with comments others have made regarding consistent formatting of PDFs 
(at least, when the authors embed the fonts anyway), and the different aims of 
PDF vs e-reader formats (whatever they might be, excluding PDF!).

I've got readers for Android, Windows and Linux. I don't have an Apple device 
so can't comment on OSX or iOS, but I'd be extremely surprised if there wasn't 
one. For my money, ePubs are usually smaller than their PDF counterparts.

Like you, I don't really care one way or the other, but what I do want is an 
usable, fast, and intuitive interface to the manuals on the IBM site - I don't 
really have a need for manuals offline, because if I've got a connection to a 
mainframe, I'll have internet access as well. 

Andy Styles 
z/Series Systems Programmer
 
 

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>Just out of curiosity, if ePubs of z/OS books provided all the same 
>functionalities as PDFs (same technical content, same methods for 
>obtaining/saving, etc.), plus had added benefits such as visual scaling and 
>accessibility, would you still be so adamant about keeping PDFs? 




Basically I don't care what format is used, what I *do care* is that I want one 
format for which there is a reader on just about any platform. I do not want to 
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AW: Re: Short description of system address spaces

[Peter Hunkeler]

Thanks. What I imagine is a short descriptive paragraph (two to three 
sentences) for each AS. I already started with this. I will happily share the 
doc with anyone interested once its finished (make take a while, though).


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AW: Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

[Peter Hunkeler]

>Just out of curiosity, if ePubs of z/OS books provided all the same 
>functionalities as PDFs (same technical content, same methods for 
>obtaining/saving, etc.), plus had added benefits such as visual scaling and 
>accessibility, would you still be so adamant about keeping PDFs?




Basically I don't care what format is used, what I *do care* is that I want one 
format for which there is a reader on just about any platform. I do not want to 
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fact, there are PDF readers available on all platforms (at least I now about 
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Re: Short description of system address spaces

[Andreas Steinberg]

Hi there,
in some old libs I found some material that I built some years ago. To be 
continued.
HTH,
Andy

Name   Description
*MASTERBuild SQA *LPA CSA; Handling of Address spaces SYS1.LOGREC; console 
msg buffering
ALLOCASAllocation Address Space
ANTAS000   XRC eXtended Remote Copy
ANTMAINDFSMS support for concurrent/extended remote copy
APPCDR  APPC/MVS component
ASCHDR APPC/MVS scheduling
AXR   SystemREXX
BPXOINIT   z/OS UNIX System Services
CATALOGAccess to catalogs
CEACommon Event Agent
CONSOLEhandling of operator command entry and systems response
DEVMAN Device Manager
DLFData Lookaside Facility
DUMPSRV   Dump Services für SVC dumps
EPWFFSTFirst Failure Support Technology (network)
GRS   Global Resource Serialization (data set level)
IEFSCHAS   Scheduler address space
IOSASInput/Output Supervisor: System Interface to I/O devices
IXGLOGRSystem Logger
JESXCF   Communication between JES2 systems in a MAS
JES2   Job entry subsystem
JES2AUX JES2 additional support
JES2MONJES2 Monitor
LLALibrary Lookaside
OAM   IBM 3494 and IBM 3495 Tape Library Data Servers
OMVS z/OS UNIX System Services
OTIS  OAM thread isolation support
PCAUTH Program Call Authorization
RACF Security Server
RASP Real Storage Manager System Adress Space
RRS   Resource Recovery Services
SMF  System Management Facility
SMS  Storage Management SubSystem
SMSPDSE   handling of PDSE dataset
SMXCDFSMS: control member access in PDSE
SYSBMAS   owner of dataspaces and hiperspaces for PDSE dir/mem
TFS  Temporary FileSystem
TNF  Termination Notification Facility
TRACE  detailed information on processors, SSCH, SVC, Program Check
VLFVirtual Lookaside Facility
VMCF   Virtual Machine Communication Facility
WLMWorkload Manager
XCFAS  Cross System Coupling Facility Adress Space
ZFSz/OS FileSystem

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Re: DFHSM CDS backup versions

[Vince Getgood]

Hi all,
It looks like I had to wait until after mid-night...

My normal RMM housekeeping run (which runs @01:30am) released (wait for it) 
89 tapes back to the scratch pool!

I think CA1 is similar in it's scratch processing.   Thanks for all your help!

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