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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_Consoles
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 9, 2022

RELATED IDEAS

Remove / prior to 4 digit UCB Addresses on Mount Command

The z/OS Mount command syntax requires a / prior to a 4 digit UCB. The time has come to eliminate this requirement.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 3, 2022

    The issue is NOT that a / was ever required for a three (3) digit device number but that it is required for a four (4) digit device number. The / has never been documented as required, or optional, for a three (3) digit device number.


    Please reconsider removing the / as a requirement for four (4) digit device numbers, which are now much more common.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 2, 2022
    It has been confirmed that the MVS Mount command does not require a slash (/) before a three (3) digit device number. All areas of documentation that indicates a slash is required will be updated.
  • Guest
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    |     May 23, 2022

    See the Mount command:

    M {[/]devnum },VOL=({NL},serial)[,USE={STORAGE}] {devicetype } {SL} {PUBLIC } {AL} {PRIVATE}

    A slash (/) must precede a 4-digit number and is optional before a 3-digit number

    Isn't it time that you dynamically determine the devnum is 3 or 4 digits based on what is entered. The / to identify a 4 digit device number is something that can be determined during the command parse.

  • Guest
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    |     May 22, 2022
    Please provide the syntax for a version of these commands that requires the subject slash (/). If it's a matter of cleaning up documentation, that can be done.

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