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Core Infrastructure

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Additional C functions for Linux portability

Add strnlen and wcsnlen (as on Linux) to the C runtime library.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

D ICEOPT

Hello, Proposal to create a "D ICEOPT" command. Recently we discovered that some obsolete/undocumented options were preventing the ICETPEX from being invoked. There was another LPAR in the plex which did NOT have these undocumented options and the...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

Specify NONOVR for RUNOPTS at the application level

We would like a way to specify NONOVR at the application level (CELQUOPT CEEXOPT), similar to the region level https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceea500/clfdop64.htm#clfdop64Currently, the NONOVR/OVR are not...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Variable length record INCLUDE substring comparison VLSHRT VLSCMP

I'm interested in the substring comparison specification in DFSORT's INCLUDE statement. It would be nice if the (p1,m1,SS, EQ|NE,constant) specification for a substring comparison allowed for setting m1=0 to indicate from p1 to the end of the reco...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

ISPF MODELs for ISREDIT

I have been thinking since about 1988 that it's odd that there are no ISPF models for ISREDIT.When I worked in UK with Development Support at North Harbour, they created a raft of these under the (then popular) ACE platform (see Ray Evans).Could w...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

PORTL Conflict Notification

When z/OS TCPIP is intializing and detects a PORT conflict when processing the PORT reservse list (be it an incorrect statement or an error in coding), TCPIP will issue an "I" (Informational message) such as; EZZ0326I NOAUTOLOG CONFLICTS WITH PORT...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

Write IEFC001I and IEFC002I information to SMF

At the point where IEFC001I and IEFC002I messages are produced, also write this information to SMF. The record should indicate if it was a cataloged procedure (the IEFC001I infomation) or an INCLUDE group, the member used, whether it came from a p...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Need a display to show what ports are not reserved

Very often we are asked to find ranges of ports for new applications to use. We usually use the netstat -o option to find what is reserved then work backwards. This is a bit clunky as you have mixes of ports and port ranges that you have to accoun...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

In SDSF ULOG, the commands history list should be enhanced to display the result based on the using frequency

It will become smarted based on the user behavior.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

List of restricted words in password rules

There are some obvious passwords that are very easy to guess, and is important to avoid using them. The idea is to have a list of restricted words that cannot be part of a password and that RACF will not accept. This list must be configurable t...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

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