=head2 Tools
The z/OS Unix Tools and Toys list may prove helpful and contains links
-to ports of much of the software required to build Perl.
+to ports of much of the software helpful for building Perl.
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1toy.html
=head2 Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+If using ftp remember to transfer the distribution in binary format.
+
Gunzip/gzip for OS/390 is discussed at:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/faq/bpxqp1.html
pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar
+If you get lots of errors of the form
+
+ tar: FSUM7171 ...: cannot set uid/gid: EDC5139I Operation not permitted.
+ tar: FSUM7148 cannot create file "...": EDC5111I Permission denied.
+
+you didn't read the above and tried to use tar instead of pax, you'll
+first have to remove the (now corrupt) perl directory
+
+ rm -rf perl-...
+
+and then use pax.
+
=head2 Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
Be sure that your yacc installation is in place including any necessary