On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:34:21 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >Complain, complain, complain. :-) You use the term "flaw" loosely. >It may be a shortcoming compared to other unix environments that you >work on or prefer, but I wouldn't call it a flaw. Remember that z/OS unix >is based on the posix standard. Does that standard have the extended >directory list? There are so many other examples like this compared >to other *nix systems (or even "MVS" in general), that you may as >well call all of z/OS flawed going by your logic. > My complaint was directed more at the inadequate timezone offset implementation rather than the absence of extended directory listing, though both transcend POSIX.
> ... z/OS unix is based on the posix standard. > And a now outdated version of POSIX. Why does z/OS lack the "-P" and the "-L" options on the "cd" and "pwd" commands? And why is the default behavior of those commands "-P"-like where POSIX specifies "-L". (In fact, I personally prefer the non-POSIX behavior, but I'd gladly accede to the POSIX behavior there in return to a broader upgrade to a more recent POSIX. I place a high value on portability.) And I can easily name a couple other contributors to these lists who would welcome conformance to the industry mode where it goes beyond POSIX. (Well, perhaps not the one who makes his living by backfilling "shortcoming[s]".) I suspect there are many others. Why the intense recent interest in PCREs other than that users have got accustomed them on other systems and suffer their lack on z/OS? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
