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Shell & Utilities

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Supoorted netcat utility for z/OS USS

The unix Netcat utility needs to be formally ported and supported by IBM for USS on z/OS.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Future consideration

Requesting timestamp to be 'restored' to original for sym links when tar or pax is used to 'unzip' an archive file.

Hello USS Development team, As we prepare to migrate HFS user file systems to zFS I am testing back out scenarios and have observed that both the IBM provided migration utility (BPXWH2Z) and back out options I have tested (tar and pax to copy new ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 1 Future consideration

passwd() program should provide better messages for error conditions

Client has several users of the z/OS operation system server environment who utilize the the server's database, messaging and web services facilities without having a Telnet 3270 client on their workstation. The users connect to the server, from a...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Future consideration

z/OS UNIX - Improvements to mv Command

Regarding the z/OS UNIX mv command ... We believe the mv command should always move a file asis, i.e. it should not only move the file as regards to name, content and size, but also retain all of its attributes, including security attributes. Th...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Future consideration

Increae maxlinesize for diff and patch

diff and patch have a line size limit of 1024 characters. This is small for today's computing environment. It should be increased to a much larher value.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Not under consideration

PFI0411-1394 ISHELL or ISPF 3.17 Copy unix-file to pds-member does not work

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Bernd.Daubner@izb.deSubmitters Company: Finanz Informatik Technical Services (FI-TS) PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PFI0411-1394 ISHELL or ISPF 3.17 Copy unix-file to pds-member does not workHomework Assigned: N...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 4 Not under consideration