Re: QSHELL commands (was: Stmf copy with add)

On Tuesday 16 October 2001 12:06, David.X.Kahn@gsk.com wrote:
> Looking at all this UNIX stuff in midrange-l I can see how wonderful it
> would be to work with once you had got used to it. And I will get used to
> it, and probably grow to love it. For the moment, however, it feels as
> though some joker has been sprinkling salt into the sugar bowl.
>

We seem to forget how much the AS400 world could donate to the Linux world -
where nothing is cast in stone...

There's no reason why "we" cant go out there and change Linux's BASH shell
for an iseries QCL interactive shell (iQISH) that aliased predictable
commands to the Unix equivalents.... DSPPFM=CAT, WRKACTJOB=TOP, WRKUSRJOB=ps
etc. F4 prompting could be indexed or extrapolated from the man pages so CP
could be entered as CPYF FROMFILES(file1 file2) TOLIB(/home/data) or CPYF F4
with F1 help for the parameters, F9/10 for 'advanced parameters'....

Most Unix folks would shudder at the idea, but I think Linux is crying out
for a uniform CL interface... and who better to design it than those who
appreciate OS400 :)