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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Editors
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 28, 2020

RELATED IDEAS

Cannot create a COM folder on Windows

Windows do not create folders named COM1 to COM9:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/invalid-file-names-and-file-types-in-onedrive-onedrive-for-business-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa#invalidfilefoldernames

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unable-to-rename-a-folder-to-com-errorthe/ff48c793-ab97-4881-952a-df195321c11c

A workaround is to define an alias on MVS from COM1 to COMX1 for example.

Datasets would then need to be accessed through the alias COMX1 instead of COM1.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Sep 9, 2020

    After reconsideration your requests is currently in line with our product strategy and we added it as a candidate for future releases of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
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    |     Aug 24, 2020

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us;We feel this is a valid requirement but delivery within the RFE 2 year window is not likely. Please resubmit in 12-18 months for reconsideration if still valid. Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

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