[Bug] [zos_copy] Character "£" not supported in dataset name

[fernandofloresg]

SUMMARY

A UK user reported than using "£" in a dataset name as a src to zos_copy fails with error :

fatal: [winmvsb0]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Parameter verification failed", "rc": null, "stderr": "Invalid argument "CBSA.A.JENKINS.JCL.INSTALL(DFH£SIP1)" for type "data_set" or "path".", "stderr_lines": ["Invalid argument "CBSA.A.JENKINS.JCL.INSTALL(DFH£SIP1)" for type "data_set" or "path"."], "stdout": null, "stdout_lines": null}

This is because in the arg parser we do not support this but only the special characters "$", "@" "#" and "-". Problem here is that UK codeset for "$" is the same as the "£".

This raises the question, is this only happening with the pound ?

COMPONENT NAME

zos_copy

ANSIBLE VERSION

Ansible version output:

SPECIFY ANSIBLE COLLECTION VERSION

SPECIFY THE Z OPEN AUTOMATION UTILITIES VERSION

ENVIRONMENT

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Reproduction playbook/yaml

- name: Copy a local file to a sequential data set
  zos_copy:
    src: CBSA.A.JENKINS.JCL.INSTALL(DFH£SIP1)
    dest: SAMPLE.SEQ.DATA.SET

EXPECTED RESULTS

Dataset is successfully copied.

ACTUAL RESULTS

Playbook output:

fatal: [winmvsb0]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Parameter verification failed", "rc": null, "stderr": "Invalid argument \"CBSA.A.JENKINS.JCL.INSTALL(DFH£SIP1)\" for type \"data_set\" or \"path\".", "stderr_lines": ["Invalid argument \"CBSA.A.JENKINS.JCL.INSTALL(DFH£SIP1)\" for type \"data_set\" or \"path\"."], "stdout": null, "stdout_lines": null}

CONFIGURATION

Ansible.cfg

'ansible-config dump --only-changed' output:

Inventory

Inventory content:

Vars

'group_vars' or 'host_vars' content:

SCREENSHOTS