Hi Jon,
"... pipe dream ..." Pun intended?
Regards, David
On 2025-07-18 01:01, Jon Perryman wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:49:04 -0500, Paul Gilmartin<[email protected]> wrote:
The syntax diagram
in:<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=command-allocate-syntax>
says that CATALOG and DELETE are mutually exclusive?
ROTFLOL! typical UNIX mentality. Completely ignores section "How to read the TSO/E command
syntax" that tells you it's a non-repeatable choice which is very different from mutually
exclusive. Only the last choice will be used. ln the case of "catalog delete", catalog is
ignored.
Would you care to submit a Feedback? Would IBM care to address it?
ROTFLOL! The pot calling the kettle black. Unix doesn't bother documenting
mutually exclusive command options and worse yet, is not consistent (e.g. rm
-iffi versus ls -AaaA). Maybe you should help Unix fix its appalling errors
before complaining about IBM!
"Well. everybody knows what it means," is not suitable response
to a report of a documentation error.
ROTFLOL! Let's pretend IBM didn't have that section. Everyone knows what it
means because it consistently used where appropriate. When working in Unix,
consistency is a pipe dream.
Does that diagram also improperly constrain the order of options?
Unix confession through projection with no diagrams nor order of options and
rarely documenting mutually exclusive.
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