Possibly because many of us don't run Session manager. Here's what I get: SESSION MANAGER NOT ACTIVE - SMCOPY IGNORED in response to the SMCOPY command.
Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Steve Comstock" <st...@trainersfriend.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 11/05/2013 21:39 Subject: Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On 11/5/2013 5:26 PM, David Crayford wrote: > On 6/11/2013 12:37 AM, John Gilmore wrote: >> I do of course agree that z/OS is perceived to be boring, but that is >> another question. > > I don't think it's perceived as boring, certainly it's perceived as user > hostile. Take Pauls cp command example, it's easy to copy files > using a simple command. For those that prefer GUIs they can drag and drop or > copy/paste. On the mainframe one has no choice but > to run JCL. JCL certainly is an antique, and a very unpleasant one. > Actually, in a TSO session (analogous to a UNIX session), you can use the SMCOPY command without JCL. It's just that most people aren't aware of it. <ad> Covered in our courses TSO CLIST Programming in z/OS - 3 days http://www.trainersfriend.com/TSO_Clist_REXX_Dialog_Mgr/a650descrpt.htm TSO REXX Programming in z/OS - 5 days http://www.trainersfriend.com/TSO_Clist_REXX_Dialog_Mgr/a750descrpt.htm </ad> -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-355-2752 http://www.trainersfriend.com * We are going out of business effective 30 December, 2013 * To purchase a set of our training materials at terrific prices, check out our Going Out Of Business Sale: http://www.trainersfriend.com/SpecialSale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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