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(TPFUG/Visa) Add file access logging to SFTP server

Currently only user login activity is captured in the log under /tpfjam/ibmutil. Enhance this logging to also include file access activity at a minimum (who's doing what, when and where) as well as FTP commands if possible. Potentially include dif...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

JSON PARSE error handling offset needed

Cobol Developer coding the JSON parsing and associated Error Handling For JSON PARSE statement, when a condition occurs (JSON-CODE > 0 or JSON-STATUS > 0) then expose the offset where the condition occurred. Make the offset available to the ...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

COBOL5: extended DIAGTRUNC feature for detecting variables size mismatch

COBOL 5 behaves differently than in previous versions, in some scanarios, as in the following case: - Programs that move data to and from data items that at run time contain values not conforming to the PICTURE clause in the data description entry...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 13 Not under consideration

Update ZRTDM to display the default Attributes for an undefined record ID

Update the ZRTDM functional entry to display the default parameters supplied by the z/TPF system when a program requests a pool with an undefined record ID in the RIAT Table.
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Enterprise COBOL V6+ - Solution to set the length of a data-item at compile time

Hi, As part of the creation of a COBOL framework to speed up developments, we are looking for a solution to fix the size of an elementary data-item at the time of compilation because it cannot be determined at the time of writing the code. Sample ...
9 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Future consideration

IBM Case TS017276945 - TPF Queue Manager MQ Channels using MVIPA do not maintain MQ Message Sequence Number when the active CPU changes resulting in error MQSC0347E "Channel Stopped Because of Message Sequence Errors". This puts TPF MQ at a distinct disadvantage

ISSUE: Travelport uses Moveable VIPA (MVIPA) in MQ to provide a floating IP to the TPF Queue Manager on any CPU (a single Redundant connection point for the Remote End). This serves as TPF's equivalent of High Availability (HA) which is available ...
9 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

provide a COBOL cross-compile environment for Linux on System z target

provide a way to generate program objects that can run under Linux on system z, e.g. by adding compiler option specifying target [operating system=SUSE|RedHat, architecture, addressing environment]
over 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Implement: 01 var1 LIKE var2.

Often variables are defined in copybooks or DCLGEN copybooks. There are times when the definition in that copybook changes slightly and it would be nice if a developer could simply rely on the compiler to use the picture of the copybook variable a...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Future consideration

Add support for signal shutdown in TPF under VM

Enable the system to receive interrupts from the service processor Set a bit on in Control Reg 0 Issue a SERVC instruction defining a small area in memory for the service processor to communicate to TPF Act on the receipt of the Ext 2401 interrupt...
10 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Support for concatenation operator &

We want the "&" concatenation operator, as described in the ISO COBOL standard, to be supported by the IBM Enterprise Cobol compiler.This operator must be able to be used everywhere where a literal is authorized:- declaration of a VALUE in a d...
almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration