A utility to identify what OS release your IBM i is on.
The Source
Find it at GitHub
To Compile
Use the following commands to compile the source, replacing ‘library’ with the name of the library into which you copied the source.
CRTBNDRPG PGM(library/DSPOSRLS)
CRTCMD CMD(library/DSPOSRLS) PGM(library/DSPOSRLS)
Usage
Type DSPOSRLS from any command line
Latest Updates
- October 10 · DSPOSRLS
A better way to display ad-hoc messages
When debugging – and when developing quick and dirty utilities – I often resort to the DSPLY opcode. It isn’t pretty, but it puts information onto the screen without having to bother (...) - August 08 · DSPOSRLS
Documentation!
Just a quick note to mention that I have updated the project pages for DSPOSRLS and DSPPGMLCK so that they now include some halfway useful compile and usage instructions. I have also committed some sl (...) - August 05 · DSPOSRLS
DSPOSRLS: Display Operating System Release
One of the surprisingly non-inuitive parts of the IBM i is that there is no easy way to identify what OS release your machine is on. Well, not if you don’t have enough authority to use DSPPTF. A (...)
