I seem to recall a S DEALLOC command issued from the console (console being a modified SELECTRIC typewriter)
and //DEALLOC PROC //S1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Elardus Engelbrecht" <elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 01/24/2013 08:42 Subject: Re: Varying off path while it is in use Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Remember the Bad Old Days when the operator needed to submit a dummy job to make a device actually go offline? (Or does it still work that way?) Geez, your memory is better than my decaying memory! Can you e-mail some [unused?] braincells to me? ;-D I only see [seldom] those MOUNT and UNLOAD commands, but it is gazillion years ago that I see that dummy job. I have searched NOW my RACF DB, procs, etc. Nothing there... Question: what was the PGM and parms used in that dummy job? Just curious of course! Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. If you have any questions concerning this message, please contact the sender. Unencrypted, unauthenticated Internet e-mail is inherently insecure. Internet messages may be corrupted or incomplete, or may incorrectly identify the sender. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN