On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:39:02 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>I wanted to write a script to index a bunch of manuals that I downloaded from 
>IBM and wanted the forms code to be the primary key. The file names are not 
>very helpful. Given that, I have to live with whatever information IBM chooses 
>to provide, unless and until someone submits an RFE with a compelling business 
>case for adding more metadata.
> 
What's a "forms code"?  can you provide an example?

On 
<https://www-40.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R5Library?OpenDocument>

there's an index.html file that I use either to access the unzipped .pdf files 
or to create
a parallel list of symbolic links such as:

ls -1R
    ...
    ./z⧸OS XL C⧸C++:
    Standard C++ Library Reference
    z⧸OS C Curses
    z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Compiler and Runtime Migration Guide for the Application 
Programmer
    z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Language Reference
    z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Messages
    z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Programming Guide
    z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ Runtime Library Reference
    z⧸OS XL C⧸C++ User's Guide

    ./z⧸OS Xvfb:
    z⧸OS Xvfb User's Guide

-- 
gil

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