By form code I mean the xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx number that identifies the manual and used to be (without the -xx) the number used for ordering the manual. E.g., has the form code SA22-7801-14 and the title z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide,
Downloading and parsing multiple index.html files should work for some but not all of the manuals that I've downloaded. Thanks. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 10:03 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Location of forms code in z/OS manuals On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:39:02 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >I wanted to write a script to index a bunch of manuals that I downloaded from >IBM and wanted the forms code to be the primary key. The file names are not >very helpful. Given that, I have to live with whatever information IBM chooses >to provide, unless and until someone submits an RFE with a compelling business >case for adding more metadata. > What's a "forms code"? can you provide an example? On <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww-40.ibm.com%2Fservers%2Fresourcelink%2Fsvc00100.nsf%2Fpages%2FzOSV2R5Library%3FOpenDocument&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7Cebaf14c0ad034a277c7b08dab75adb41%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638023898103318643%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mwJCGr5Fs1hkEY8B8mGpIRR38Gx3JpPaip3XB2ciRMQ%3D&reserved=0> there's an index.html file that I use either to access the unzipped .pdf files or to create a parallel list of symbolic links such as: ls -1R ... ./z⧸OS XL C⧸C++: Standard C++ Library Reference z⧸OS C Curses z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Compiler and Runtime Migration Guide for the Application Programmer z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Language Reference z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Messages z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Programming Guide z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Runtime Library Reference z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ User's Guide ./z⧸OS Xvfb: z⧸OS Xvfb User's Guide -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
