> Unix System Services is not in an IBM manual WTF? https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3UnixSystemServicesPublications?OpenDocument lists a bunch of manuals with Unix System Services in the title:
z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference, SA23-2280-30 z/OS UNIX System Services File System Interface Reference, SA23-2285-30 z/OS UNIX System Services Messages and Codes, SA23-2284-30 z/OS UNIX System Services Planning, GA32-0884-30 z/OS UNIX System Services Programming Tools, SA23-2282-30 z/OS UNIX System Services Programming: Assembler Callable Services Reference, SA23-2281-30 z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide, SA23-2279-30 z/OS Using REXX and z/OS UNIX System Services, SA23-2283-30 -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Schuffenhauer, Mark <mschu...@tcfbank.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OpenSSH / Ported Tools / Co:Z United States Ship? I had never thought USS was not Unix System Services. I did VTAM work for many years, so I was familiar with USS as Unformatted System Services, (which you can find in an IBM manual). Unix System Services is not in an IBM manual, which I disbelieved and had to do some bulk searching to determine. Mark -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 3:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OpenSSH / Ported Tools / Co:Z On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:13:42 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >The only word from an IBM employee was that USS had never been an official >acronym for Unix System Services. This was in the context of my complaint >about IBM overloading acronyms. > Was it ever an "official" (despite not appearing in the z/OS Glossary) acronym for Unformatted System Services? Both uses have appeared in IBM publications. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN DISCLAIMER: This email and any attachments may contain confidential information that is intended solely for use by the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of the information contained in the communication. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender by reply email and immediately delete the communication. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
