zos-util

This module provides a Python interface into various z/OS utilities

API

See here for the API

Example

import zos_util
import tempfile
f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
# To specify a file with IBM-1047 code set
fpath = f.name
zos_util.chtag(fpath, 1047)
 
# To specify a file with ISO8859-1 code set
zos_util.chtag(fpath)
tag_info = zos_util.get_tag_info(fpath)
print(f"CCSID:{tag_info[0]}, TXT_FLAG:{tag_info[1]}")
 
# set to tag_mixed mode
zos_util.tag_mixed(fpath)
tag_info = zos_util.get_tag_info(fpath)
print(f"CCSID:{tag_info[0]}, TXT_FLAG:{tag_info[1]}")
 
# remove the tag from the file
zos_util.untag(fpath)
tag_info = zos_util.get_tag_info(fpath)
print(f"CCSID:{tag_info[0]}, TXT_FLAG:{tag_info[1]}")

Build Instruction

python3 ./setup install

Test Instruction

cd test
python3 ./tag_test.py