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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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JSON support on zTPF

Need JSON support directly on zTPF
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Delivered

EPLI V4.3 - INLIST and BETWEEN builtins for checking against multiple values resp. range/interval

We would ask for two new builtins. One (named INLIST or just IN) for checking a variable against a list or set of values. The other (named BETWEEN) for checking if a variable lies within (or between) two values (namely >= v1 AND <= v2). Exac...
about 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

User exit to provide different History file name

I know that users can have Fault Analyzer write to a user history dataset using the IDIHIST DD statement, but I would like to be able to code a user exit which allows the customer instruct Fault Analyzer to use a specific history file when creatin...
about 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

provide OFFSET to user through ASSIGN when AEYD, AICA, ASRA, ASRB, and ASRD

currently user can use EXEC CICS ASSIGN to get PSW, abend code, abend program name when AEYD, AICA, ASRA, ASRB, and ASRD.Customer wants CICS also provide offset in EXEC CICS ASSIGN when abend happens
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

record count of transaction abend in transaction resource statistic

In CICS transaction resource statistic, besides total transaction attach count , also record the number of task that terminate abnormally eg abend.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Add keyboard authentication for TPF ToolKit ssh connections

Citi needs to enable ssh keyboard authentication between ToolKit application and z/Linux to meet Citi standards.
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Must have SEYUAUTH in STEPLIB if CPSM and Explorer not used

Message DFHME0107 appears at CICS start if SEYUAUTH is not in the STEPLIB concatenation. Customer migrates to CICS TS 4.2 and does not use CICSPlex SM or CICS Explorer. So in earlier releases she did not include the SEYUAUTH in the STEPLIB concate...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

CICS API to support async call

CICS provides API to support async call, and the mechanism to check the result of transaction which is started by the async call.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Simplify the process for RDz v9 zUNIT to generate the runner configuration

In RDz v9, we can right click a load module and select zUnit to generate runner configuration file (.azucfg). However, it requires users to prealloate a PDS which is in VBA with LRECL 16383. This is not easy to locate the information and it should...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Excessive CPU use when the copy with REFORMAT option is used with File Manager

PF Conso a remonté lors des tests une consommation de plus de CPU de File Manager par rapport à FileAid pour effectuer l'opération de copie avec reformattage (changement de structure du fichier). A partir d'un fichier de 2 millions d'enregistremen...
about 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered