FWIW, I would love to use bash exclusively on z/OS, but without _BPX_SHAREAS support:
- there are things that you just can't do, like use DDs - the overhead for forking new address spaces is significant for many tasks. On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 8:06 AM David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote: > To create terminfo colors check out Jerry Callens comment in this thread > > https://forum.rocketsoftware.com/t/no-colors-running-over-ssh-in-cygwin/1009/7 > > On 2020-05-05 8:11 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > > After reading this thread I finally have my command line completion back! > > > > I have Rocket’s Bash installed, set my OMVS segment to the bash shell, > used > > Bluezone and created a ssh terminal session with VT320, set “disable > > dimming colors” and “Use ANSI colors” and set my screen to 32x120. I > then > > added export TERM=xterm to .profile and VIOLA! Tab command line > > completion! > > > > Thanks to all! > > > > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 12:28 PM Michael Babcock <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> The thing I REALY miss in OMVS is command line completion with TAB key. > >> > >> On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 12:25 PM Paul Gilmartin < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Sat, 2 May 2020 12:02:56 -0600, Jack J. Woehr wrote: > >>>>> But z/OS used to deny login when TERM was not in terminfo. > >>>>> Did it ever get better? > >>>> If it denies login to that term setting, you try something else :) > >>>> > >>> Yah, but I wished it had presumed something minimal such as TTY33 > >>> until I could EXPORT TERM and/or set TERMINFO. Catch-22: > >>> can't login without correct TERMINFO; can't set TERMINFO without > >>> logging in. > >>> > >>> And I once had an esoteric terminal for which the developer supplied > >>> a .terminfo source file. With octal escape sequences. I compiled it > >>> with /bin/tic. Guess why it didn't work. > >>> > >>> -- gil > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
