I was thinking that EPH datasets are no longer shipped with z/OS. They are not on my z/OS 2.4 system.
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 6:24 AM Lionel B. Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > The issue isn't with MANPATH - when you issue the command: man -k . > > It reports a summary of 'all available' man pages. > > And when you issue: man -k xxx > > It will report 'all' the man pages that have xxx > > The OMVS man command does *not* search the MANPATH but the information in > the EPH.SEPHTAB dataset. > > Thus Rocket, Co:Z, etc. man pages will never be found. > > Using the command man xxx apparently does use the MANPATH as it will > display other man pages (e.g. curl). > > What I'd like is the ability to update the EPH.SEPHTAB, or .....? > > > Lionel B. Dyck <>< > Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com > Github: https://github.com/lbdyck > > “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what > you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 2:19 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: omvs man pages > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:56:38 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck wrote: > > >This explains how to enable the man pages in omvs > >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=utilities-enabling-man-page > >s > > > A more recent edition: < > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=utilities-enabling-man-pages> > > >BUT - is there a way to update this with additional man pages - say > >some from Rocket (i.e. curl) ? > > > Alas, I see: < > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2008edition/utilities/man.html > >: > ... > The historical MANPATH variable is not included in POSIX because no > attempt is > made to specify naming conventions for reference page files, nor even > to mandate > that they are files at all. > > Bummer. I would have hoped for something such as > MANPATH=/usr/man/%L:/usr/lpp/com.rocketsoftward/man > > Are the Bookie pages formatted on-the-fly or are formatted versions cached? > > >Lionel B. Dyck <>< > >Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com > >Github: https://github.com/lbdyck > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Michael Babcock OneMain Financial z/OS Systems Programmer, Lead ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
