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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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Permit editing/viewing of (H)istory table types

(H)istory table types are valid types within DB2 V10. However, File Manager DB2 does not recognize (H) as a valid type and subsequently returns an 'Object not found' condition.
about 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use ECB Resource Monitor to prevent input list shutdown

Create two new resources that the ECB Resource monitor will follow only when the system is in input list shutdown:.1) CPU milliseconds used since the input list shutdown condition2) Number of VFA accesses since the input list shutdown condition.Wh...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

COBOL Program navigation using keyboard shortcuts.

Add functionality to the LPEX editor to allow users to use keyboard shortcuts to jump to COBOL paragraphs as well as jumping back to the parent paragraph.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS ENQ should conform to CICS standards

All the assembler EXEC CICS commands will generate a LENGTH(=AL2(L'FROM_AREA)) for you if you leave the length off, and the area is not a register such as: FROM(0(,R5)) And in every case I have seen where the length doesn't get supplied automatica...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support to execute system command in TxSeries

I received one call from one China bank customer. They want to execute some unix commands inside TxSeries. The similar requirement from other bank who want to run batch from TxSeries. This is a common requirement.
about 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

IMS should not issue RESTART command error messages until it is actualy read to accept another RESTART command.

IMS should not issue RESTART command error messages until it is actualy read to accept another RESTART command.This makes it much simpler for automation to handle, in that it can react to the error message and issue a ( corrected ) RESTART command...
about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Restart 2 Not under consideration

RACF error not being displayed.

RACF error not being displayed anywhere on a user failure.
about 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Adv Reporting and Management for HSM V2R4

We will be opening a new Rocket Track Enhancement to modify the product code to support multi-volume collection datasets.
about 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm 1 Functionality already exists

install a modify command to show current parameter for the PDTCC

Current installation of the PDTCC Server has possibilty to display current parameters. Because the server does only minimal validation of parameters, this will be chance to ensure whether current configuration parameters have been honored by the s...
about 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Reduce amount of manual input for program definitions in an APP. Bundle

When Creating Application bundles it is very common to have close to 1 hundred programs, and manually entering all the program's values, is very time consuming!
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Not under consideration

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