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    USS tar command support with zEDC

    USS tar command support with zEDC Express Adaper for compress and uncompress. Currently, we need the third vender software with zEDC for compress, but versatility expands if USS tar command can be used with zEDC express adaptor. The CPU Time is re...
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 3 Not under consideration

    Add an error message to the chown command if user is lacking a uid or OMVS segment

    You can't set a user as owner of a z/OS Unix file with chown if they don't have a UID in their OMVS segment, yet the command gives no feedback if this occurs, this means you can think you set someone as owner without actually being able to do it a...
    6 months ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 3 Under review

    Enhance zsh so the delete key works as on other platforms

    Currently the zsh shell works well on 3.1 but the delete key on z/OS does not work the same as on Linux. On z/OS 3.1 zsh the delete key generates a ~ character and inserts it. The zsh shell should be consistent.
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 3 Not under consideration

    Add sudo to the OEF

    sudo is the ideal way to invoke authorized (superuser) tools under OMVS and should be included with OEF since it isn't provided as part of the IBM z/OS USS set of tools.
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 5 Future consideration

    Add error message to the chgrp command if group has no gid

    I suggest adding an error message to the chgrp command if the group has no gid or no OMVS segment. <insert incomprehensible IBM error code> Group has no GID, command failed And another error message if the group has no OMVS segment <inser...
    6 months ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Under review

    Improve MAN command

    The current MAN command uses a z/OS unique man page format and man database. As others port tools (see the z/OS Open Tools project on Github at https://zosopentools.github.io/meta/#/) to run under OMVS this presents challenges and a great barrier ...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 4 Future consideration

    Enhance OMVS cp command

    Enhance the OMVS cp command by allowing the user to set an option, perhaps via an environmental variable, to increase the number of buffers used for the copy.
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Future consideration

    Enhance setfacl with the -R option

    The setfacl command in z/OS seems to be missing the -R (recursive) option that is available on Linux. I don't know about Aix or Solaris or HPUX. But it seems reasonable that the recursive option should be available on the setfacl command. http://l...
    over 11 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Not under consideration

    Implement -h (human readable) option for file related commands (ls, df, du ..)

    hi there, since we don't get the luxury of GNU Tools on z/OS USS i would at least expect an option for human readable output for the basic file related commands (ls, df, du ..). this is something *NIX distributions got decades ago, why not USS? Tr...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Planned for future release

    Allow Site and Vendor whatis files

    With the growth in the use of the z/OS Unix (OMVS) environment there are more non-IBM additions to the set of available commands. The majority of these additional commands come from outside IBM. Many of these commands (one would hope all) have man...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 3 Future consideration

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