Thanks all. Yes, I meant Authorized Assembler Services. (The only one that has a SET-WTO volume.)
Wow, is this all confusing. (And yes, I imagine maintaining the source -- two sources, assembler and PL/S, right? -- for GETMAIN is even more confusing.) So STORAGE is just GETMAIN in disguise. I knew it provided the same sort of functionality, but with notes here and there seeming to encourage the use of STORAGE instead, I thought it was somehow fundamentally "better." (Here's my favorite analysis, from Auth Svces Guide V1R10.0: "Whether the program will run only with MVS/ESAT or with both MVS/ESA and MVS/XAT. If your program will run with both operating systems, use GETMAIN and FREEMAIN.") Okay, in the future I will report documentation um, shortcomings to the e-mail address you gave. They might want to put that address in all of the manuals. The BookManager form of the Auth Svces SET-WTO manual has only more-or-less the same snail-mail form I remember from OS/360 manuals. (And yes, I have copied mhvr...@us.ibm.com on this note.) Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Where doc for STORAGE LINKAGE=SYSTEM (FWIW, The reference is apparently to the Authorized Assembler Services Reference, not the Assembler Services Reference) These documentation points are the sorts of errors that I encourage you to bring to our attention by the supported mechanisms, not IBM-Main. Of course if there's a problem you're trying to solve, not just pointing out a deficiency in the books, IBM-Main is a great resource. In this case, I will undertake to get this updated. The answer to your question is simple: Since LINKAGE=SYSTEM is the default, the input and output register information are under the sections "Input Register Information" and "Output Register Information". And until the books are updated, if you need information about the Input or Output Register Information for any of the other LINKAGEs, see GETMAIN / FREEMAIN. STORAGE LINKAGE=SVC is SVC-entry GETMAIN/FREEMAIN STORAGE LINKAGE=BRANCH is GETMAIN/FREEMAIN BRANCH=YES STORAGE LINKAGE=GLOBALBRANCH is GETMAIN/FREEMAIN BRANCH=(YES,GLOBAL) Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
