-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 4:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Where have the control blocks gone?
Thompson, Steve wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steve Comstock > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Where have the control blocks gone? > > I've been debugging applications in z/OS and its > predecessors since 1975, and feel I have a pretty > good idea how to use a SYSUDUMP. But things are > getting a little mysterious right now. > > I'm getting lots of dumps as I create and debug > a new application, and suddenly I've noticed: > > * Instead of three (or more) SVRBs, there are only two > > * When I force an abend right after OPEN the DCB does > not show up as formatted in the dump (I can find the > storage location and figure it out, but I'm surprised > at this development). > > > Have there been some changes in SYSUDUMP formatting in > recent years? (I'm running z/OS 1.10 currently). > > > <SNIP> > > Check PARMLIB settings for dumps. Someone may have changed them on you. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson Nope. <SNIP> Yeah, I was deep in thought on IPCS -- somehow the SYSUDUMP didn't register right. And then I have to remember, we have written our own formatting tools for various CBs... Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

