Lizette We have our OMPROUTE files which i wanted to carry forward, other customization like auto mount, and pagent etc
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 05:39 Jon Perryman, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 20:46:37 +0000, Lizette Koehler < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >when I upgrade with maintenance I just replaced the entire /etc file > > This could bite you some day. You haven't used anything yet that requires > /etc changes. TCP documents the TCP /etc files you might want to change ( > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=files-tcpip-configuration-data-sets) > which is why I mentioned it specifically. This is by no means the only > product to use /etc. > > You're in the Unix world and you need to follow their rules. Simply > copying new /etc files is not correct either. In the real world, /etc > changes must be merged, meaning you run diff against the files to find the > lines that have changed in each file and propagate the changes. Remember > that the new default file may have required changes that must be integrated > with your changes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
