Syntax diagram as drawn also requires specification in a particular order. In reality, any keyword can be specified in any order. Duplicates or conflicts are handled by the last one controls.
On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > "that tells you it's a non-repeatable choice which is very different from > mutually exclusive." is total BS. There is no path from the opening double > arrow to the closing double arrow that goes through both. Eunix is a red > herring. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2025 1:01 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > Subject: Re: Contention problem TSO and batch job > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:49:04 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aol.com> > wrote: > > >The syntax diagram in: < > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=command-allocate-syntax> > >says that CATALOG and DELETE are mutually exclusive? > > ROTFLOL! typical UNIX mentality. Completely ignores section "How to read > the TSO/E command syntax" that tells you it's a non-repeatable choice which > is very different from mutually exclusive. Only the last choice will be > used. ln the case of "catalog delete", catalog is ignored. > > >Would you care to submit a Feedback? Would IBM care to address it? > > ROTFLOL! The pot calling the kettle black. Unix doesn't bother documenting > mutually exclusive command options and worse yet, is not consistent (e.g. > rm -iffi versus ls -AaaA). Maybe you should help Unix fix its appalling > errors before complaining about IBM! > > >"Well. everybody knows what it means," is not suitable response > >to a report of a documentation error. > > ROTFLOL! Let's pretend IBM didn't have that section. Everyone knows what > it means because it consistently used where appropriate. When working in > Unix, consistency is a pipe dream. > > >Does that diagram also improperly constrain the order of options? > > Unix confession through projection with no diagrams nor order of options > and rarely documenting mutually exclusive. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
