Dear Lionel, Good post.
Regards, Suresh On Thu, May 11, 2023, 4:25 PM Lionel B. Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please check out this IBM Idea (aka requirement) that I just posted > regarding the OMVS Man pages and vote and/or comment > > https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3685 > > The prose is: > ===================================================================== > > The current MAN command uses a z/OS unique man page format and man > database. > As others port tools (see the z/OS Open Tools project on Github at > https://zosopentools.github.io/meta/#/) to run under OMVS this presents > challenges and a great barrier in the area of man pages as: > > 1. The man page format is different on OMVS when compared to the standard > *nix man pages > > 2. The man database for OMVS is proprietary with no tools to update or add > to it preventing ported/new tools from adding their man page to the > database > > There are two solutions, with one better than the other. > > Preferred solution: Convert all existing OMVS man pages to the standard > *nix > format and provide a mandb tool to update the man page database. > > Alternate solution: Release the tool that builds the existing OMVS man page > database. > > ===================================================================== > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
