On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 02:55:30 -0600, Jantje wrote: >On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:00:21 -0600, Bill Giannelli wrote: > >>can anyone provide JCL to tar a USS directory? > Tar is obsolescent, largely replaced by pax with added features.
>IMHO, if you are going to do anything in Unix on mainframe, you want to use >Co:Z from DovetailedTechnologies: https://www.dovetail.com/index.html > o Co:Z is generally highy recommended. o However, some sites choose by policy not to install Co:Z. o Therefore ISVs should avoid distributing to customers code that depends on Co:Z. o BPXBATCH suffices to invoke tar/pax. o SMP/E relies heavily on Unix on mainframe but is Co:Z free. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
