"that tells you it's a non-repeatable choice which is very different from mutually exclusive." is total BS. There is no path from the opening double arrow to the closing double arrow that goes through both. Eunix is a red herring.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Jon Perryman <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2025 1:01 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Contention problem TSO and batch job External Message: Use Caution 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
