Oh boy Lizette, that statement is not true at least at my shop. We have all kinds of customizations and settings in there like attls policy, automount maps, to name a couple. I treat the IBM supplied /etc like a samplib and only use it for reference.
My recommendation to Jake is to ipl and see what works and what does not before overpaying anything. ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2025 4:46:37 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Copy OMVS files Jake Maybe the question we should ask you is why do you want to do this. I think when I when I upgrade with maintenance I just replaced the entire /etc file using DFDSS dump restore. There's nothing in /etc that is not supplied by IBM. So the unmount/ dfdss restore/ mount works What directories do you have in /etc. that you do not want to replace? Lizette -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Aug 15, 2025 10:59 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Copy OMVS files Hello Can we perform mass copying of OMVS files from a source USS path to a target USS path without overlaying the target directories if they already exist ? Is there a batch way to do or any other productive way to do this? For example, I wanted to copy from /Service/etc to /etc without overlaying the target . Jake ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
