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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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Exclude source lines of the false branches of conditional compilations from the Listing

Source lines corresponding to a false branch in a conditional compilation should be excluded from the Listing for readability. For that, it would be necessary:- have a compilation option and / or compilation directive to control the inclusion of s...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Delivered

Duplicate module reporting

In and effort to displace PDSMAN, we need a batch and foreground process to report duplicate members for a list of concatenated libraries. Library options should include:a) Any set of concatenated librariesb) All libraries associated with SYSPROC,...
about 3 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 4 Delivered

z/OS connect Api customizalble JSON request/response

Z/OS connect api generates json request as <service>Operation and the response as <service>OperationResponse. A service name is case of a service toe cics is related to a cics connection. So every same service to a different CICS will ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

EGL - GET DIAGNOSTICS statement

We want support in EGL for the GET DIAGNOSTICS statement. EGL has the basic ROWSET processing, but doesn'n implement the GET DIAGNOSTICS support.
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

TWS/SA Asynchronous command completion

The TWS/SA interface allows for asynchronous commands by specifying the a 'Completion Checking Routine' in the Completion Info field. This is great, but completion of the TWS operation can only be done by the 'Completion Checking Routine' using it...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Delivered

/fb command shall produce a log file the simmilar as /m1 does

New CLI command introduced in v5.1.0.5 full build in background /fb produces the log file in the same way as using the foreground build client. Would be good that this /fb command would produce the log file in the same manner as /m1 command does n...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Delivered

There is no way to limit the size of AIDs Chain

Provide a CICS parameter or any other approach to limit the number of AIDs existing in a CICS region, i.e., when the chain of AIDs reaches this size limited by the specified or a given value, CICS stops to accept START TRANSID, perhaps, with a ret...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

zUnit: Preprocessor integration support (for example SWT01 for Cobol)

We have a variety of Cobol programs implemented in SWT01. The scanner of zUnit cannot interpret the SWT01 statements and therefore the test case is aborted/failed already during the creation of the use case.
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Delivered

zOSPT - Option to override the Domain and Tenant ENV variable

This request is to enhance the zOSPT product to accept the ZOSMF_DOMAIN and ZOSMF_TENANT ENV variables as overrides in the zOSPT Image "zosptfile" file and as additional parameter options for the "zospt run" command that can be submitted on the co...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 2 Delivered

Remove restriction on typed structures and data-directed I/O statement

Extract from the Language Reference manual chapter 12: 'Typed structures cannot be used in data-directed input/output statements.' While data-directed I/O is possible on structures, the compiler is currently not accepting it on typed structures. A...
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

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