David Sorry for the late reply.
Rather than someone who's been there I'm someone who's going there. A customer with whom I am working will need to "split" the TN3270 server into its own address space in the near future. The way to look at this "split" of the TN3270 function from the rest of the CS IP functions is to realise that the developers have made absolutely minimal changes - why would they do anything else? Thus they have exploited the possibility to run multiple instances - some call them "stacks" - of CS IP. In effect there are two instances of the old CS IP main address space, one dedicated to all the previous functions *except* the TN3270 server and one supporting, of all the previous functions, *only* the TN3270 server. In the V1R9 IP System Administrator's Commands manual this "split" is reflected in the restructuring of the manual in respect of the DISPLAY and VARY commands. The restructuring of the description of the VARY command addresses your concern. There really should have been an update affecting the OBEYFILE command description in previous editions of the IP System Administrator's Commands manual to help you appreciate how the "split" was being handled. I checked the V1R8 manual and there is not a whiff of a hint about the possibility to use the OBEYFILE command with the separated TN3270 server but the guilty parties, the authors of this and earlier manuals, must now be excused their crimes even if the evidence - and the consequences - persist. Incidentally, matters concerning z/OS Communications Server, SNA as well as IP, tend to get more attention in the ibmtcp-l list: <quote> For IBMTCP-L subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO IBMTCP-L </quote> Chris Mason ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
