Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-13 Thread John McKown
"restful" just seems like such a misnomer to me. I don't find that API to be very restful at all. Yes, I know that REST is one of those weird acronyms. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-13 Thread Kirk Wolf
Gil, See: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zosmf/vxrx/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zosmf.configguide.help.doc%2FIZUHPINFO_API_RESTJOBS.html These are "restful" web services APIs, for interfacing with JES2 or JES3. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Wed, Feb 13, 2013

Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:32:04 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote: >My shorthand is this long(er)hand in the announcement: > >"In z/OS V2.1 with z/OSMF V2.1, the z/OS Jobs REST Interface is planned to >be extended to add support for submitting jobs from data sets and z/OS UNIX >files" > What's new th

Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
My shorthand is this long(er)hand in the announcement: "In z/OS V2.1 with z/OSMF V2.1, the z/OS Jobs REST Interface is planned to be extended to add support for submitting jobs from data sets and z/OS UNIX files"

Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-12 Thread John McKown
I couldn't even parse that. What does "submit jobs to z/OS UNIX" even mean? I guess, to me, the use of the word "job" indicates a batch job with JCL. Which has nothing to do with UNIX. Now, if they had said "start a UNIX process to run a command or script, or sequence of them" (like Co:Z Batch does

Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-12 Thread Kirk Wolf
Tim, How is z/OSMF being enhanced to submit jobs to z/OS Unix??? (or what does the preview say that leads you to believe this? ) Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com +1 636.300.0901 On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > I'm reliably informed there's more U

Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
I'm reliably informed there's more UNIX-related content planned for z/OS 2.1 than is listed in the preview announcement. The preview announcement is evidently what IBM feels comfortable describing at this stage, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bit more. (I'm speaking only for myself, as al

Re: 2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-11 Thread David Crayford
On 12/02/2013 12:07 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:44:34 +0800, David Crayford wrote: On 11/02/2013 1:04 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: To steer back to the topic at hand, there's a long list of UNIX-related enhancements listed in the z/OS 2.1 Preview. Many/most of them match wha

2.1 UNIX Enhancements (was: SFTP vs. FTPS)

2013-02-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:44:34 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >On 11/02/2013 1:04 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: >> >> To steer back to the topic at hand, there's a long list of UNIX-related >> enhancements listed in the z/OS 2.1 Preview. Many/most of them match what >> I'd like to see personally. > I d