nerdtree-zos-plugin

A plugin of NERDTree for editing files from IBM mainframe z/OS system. Works with the LATEST version of NERDTree.

Requirements

• Vim 7.0+ with +python3 or +python3/dyn
• python 3.5+
• z/OS FTP server

Installation

Vundle.vim is recommended to use for installing nerdtree-zos-plugin

Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdtree'

Plugin 'davdai01/nerdtree-zos-plugin'

Usage

The following functions are added to NERDTree menu:

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(z) Add a z/OS Connection
(f) Add a PDS/folder
(l) List members
(s) Retrieve SDSF spool
(i) Retrieve job output
(p) Delete job output

• You can add a connection to z/OS FTP server, once done, you will see a folder created for the connection and the folder is having a [-zOS-] tag
• Add a PDS or Unix folder from your mainframe z/OS system, and this will be mapped to a local folder in your [-zOS-] connection folder
• Use (L) list member function to list through members in the PDS or folder, and choose to edit a member file
• You can then edit the file, and the changes will be automatically uploaded to mainframe whenever you save it in Vim
• if you are editing JCL file, you can submit this directly to mainframe from Vim using command :JCLSubmit
• You can also view or delete the job output