Filtering by UNIX path name

If the mask value specified in an IDS, XDS, IDD or XDD command contains at least one slash, the value is deemed to be a UNIX path name mask and not a data set name mask. During processing, multiple consecutive slashes are reduced to a single slash.

UNIX path name masks entered via IDS and XDS commands are compared to the path names specified by applications at run time and may not correspond to thepath names against which usage is attributed. The main cause for this difference in path names is the use of symbolic links. The Usage Monitor writer task converts path names with symbolic links to real path names in order to match inventory discovered by the Inquisitor.

Do not use an IDD or XDD command that specifies a UNIX path name mask because the only use for such a command is to dynamically delete a UNIX path name mask. Most UNIX path name masks contain lower case alphabetics. The system MODIFY command interface usually changes lower case characters to upper case which prevents the mask matching the relevant active mask. To delete a UNIX path name mask, you must either recycle the Usage Monitor or use the REF command to refresh the settings from the HZAZIN file. In either case, all UNIX path name masks are deactivated, and the necessary change is to remove the IDS or XDS command that you want to deactivate from the HZAZIN file.

Similarly, because of the prevalence of lower case alphabetics in UNIX path names, you only specify IDS and XDS commands with path name masks as HZAZIN file input rather than via the MODIFY system command interface.

The length limit of 44 characters also applies to UNIX path name masks.