Ketan Kelkar

[Bug][zos_copy] Temporary files are set up in '/tmp/' with no means to override

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### Is there an existing issue for this? - [X] There are no existing issues. ### Bug description TL;DR: `zos_copy` will always copy temporary files to `/tmp/`. If a user...

Currently, an Ansible user must set about 10 environment variables in order to target a z/OS managed node. ```yml environment: _BPXK_AUTOCVT: "ON" _CEE_RUNOPTS: "FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) POSIX(ON)" _TAG_REDIR_ERR: "txt" _TAG_REDIR_IN: "txt" _TAG_REDIR_OUT:...

Primarily due to the differences in the base environmental assumptions of z/OS UNIX and other popular distributed platforms, the Ansible community code yields sub-optimal results in certain scenarios when used...

The `ansible.builtin.blockinfile module does not currently support file operations for files not encoded in UTF-8. This means that the module does not work for files encoded in EBCDIC. There is...

The `ansible.builtin.lineinfile` module does not currently support file operations for files not encoded in UTF-8. This means that the module does not work for files encoded in EBCDIC. There is...

A section detailing how to use Ansible with Window and BSD currently exists in the Ansible community docs. link- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/os_guide/index.html#using-ansible-on-windows-and-bsd Given this, it may make sense for a z/OS presence...

The content currently in the Ansible community FAQ section is out of date. link- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/faq.html#running-on-z-os That section has been identified as a good place for introducing content about using Ansible...

[community] [docs] Draft New "Ansible with z/OS" section

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Draft the content for a new section similar to the [Using Ansible on Windows and BSD](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/os_guide/index.html#using-ansible-on-windows-and-bsd) page. Intention- > In this section we would inform users of the required environment...

There may be some scenarios where a non-zero return code is still considered ok/successful by the playbook user. Add a module option `max_rc` similar to [zos_job_submit](https://ibm.github.io/z_ansible_collections_doc/ibm_zos_core/docs/source/modules/zos_job_submit.html). A number of re-creates:...