Format
ISHELL [initial_path] [-d]
Note: An
alias of ISHELL is:
ISH
Description
ISHELL invokes the ISPF shell,
a panel interface that helps you to set up and manage z/OS UNIX System Services functions.
You
can use the ISHELL command to:
Some of these tasks require
specific authority. For example:
- Mount authority is needed for mounting and unmounting file systems.
See the section on mount authority in z/OS UNIX System Services Planningz/OS UNIX System Services Planning for
an explanation about the mount authority that is needed for mounting
and unmounting file systems.
- Superuser authority is needed when setting up character special
files and setting up existing users and groups for z/OS UNIX access.
- RACF® SPECIAL attribute
is needed when setting up existing users and groups for z/OS UNIX access.
The last path name used on
the main panel of ISHELL is kept and displayed again on the next invocation
of ISHELL. In order to switch back to the home directory, erase the
path name shown and press ENTER.
Field level and panel help
are available throughout the dialog. For more information about ISHELL,
see z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide
and the online help panels.
Parameters
- initial_path
- The path that you want to appear in ISHELL's main panel. For example: ishell
/tmp/
- -d
- Prevents ISHELL from suppressing ISPF server dialog errors. Because
this option will cause ISHELL to terminate on errors, use it only
at the direction of IBM® Support.
Usage notes
- In z/OS V1R11, OEDIT and
OBROWSE were changed to use the ISPF edit and browse dialog services
by default. To have ISHELL use the original dialog service, export
the environment variable BPXWISHISPF=NO from /etc/profile or $HOME/.profile.
- ISHELL starts a shell process in the background to find out the
user's TZ setting from /etc/profile and $HOME/.profile.
If the TZ setting is found, this value is used when displaying
file time stamps. If not found, GMT is assumed. The environment
variable BPXWISHTZ can be set to a time zone value to have ISHELL
use a local time zone that is different from your TZ setting. BPXWISHTZ
must be specified in /etc/profile or in .profile.
Example: If the TZ setting
does not specify GMT, to allow ISHELL users to return to GMT add
the following line to
etc/profile or
.profile: export BPXWISHTZ=GMT