Unable to read a member

[la-costa]

I am taking the Fundamentals and Concepts course, but the extension is not working properly for reading and renaming members.

It is working for JCL submission.

When I try to read a member, only an error message is displayed. When I try to rename, an error message is displayed with more information.

Error running command zowe.ds.renameDataSetMember: Expect Error: Required object must be defined. This is likely caused by the extension that contributes zowe.ds.renameDataSetMember.

Through web access, I can perform the operations, so it does not seem like a user profile problem.

To Reproduce

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Desktop:

• Ubuntu 24.04
• node 18.18.0
• VSCode 1.97.2
• Zowe Explorer 3.1.1
• IBM Z Open Editor 5.2.0

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[la-costa]

I figured out the source of the problem. I'm using VSCode via the snap package.

The Zowe extension is trying to write to a location that it doesn't have permission to write to, since it's a snap package.

I suggest that the extension test its writing capability and, if it fails, inform the user of a settings variable to indicate a temporary save location.

[la-costa]

I rewrite the title and description at #3501