Don't miss August's ISV AMA.
This exclusive event is brought to you by the ISV Ecosystem User Group.
New /proc File System and C Language APIs for z/OS UNIX
Date: Wednesday, August 21
Time: 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific
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Big things are happening in UNIX on z/OS. A new /proc file system and C language APIs are available that make porting applications to z/OS easier, and more effective.
Got questions? We’ve got answers. Join Kershaw Mehta from the z/OS Unix team as he explains how ISVs application developers can use these changes.
-- The /proc file system is a virtual filesystem in UNIX-like operating systems that presents information about processes and other system information in a hierarchical file-like structure, providing a more convenient and standardized method for dynamically accessing process data held in the kernel memory. This idea is an extension of the UNIX concept of viewing everything in the world as a file or in a directory.
-- What’s more, in z/OS 3.1 we’ve added 76 new callable services (APIs) available in the C language. Many of these APIs are part of a new Unix Standard or are available as part of a modern Linux distribution, and represent about a 25% increase in the number of APIs we have today.
-- Even better, we’ve added a large number of C language syscalls to z/OS V2.5 and 3.1. All new syscalls were provided in both 31-bit and 64-bit support, benefiting not only the C language, but also Python, Java, Golang, and Node.js.
Dive deep into all the technical details in this ISV AMA webinar. We’ll have an open mike, so bring your questions and get ready for a detailed technical discussion.
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