Peter - you're correct (as usual).
This is better:
/* rexx */
Return mvsvar('sysmvs')
This returns the level of z/os. For 2.4 you get SP7.2.4
Cheers
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Peter Relson
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2021 8:03 AM
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Subject: Re: z/OS SYSVAR looks weird
<snip>
RACFLEV = RACFVER || '.' || RACFREL || '.' || RACFMOD
</snip>
I'm afraid that that is not particularly helpful. That is just reformatting
the value already provided by &SYSLRACF.
As RCVTVRMN documents, that value does not represent the level of RACF as of
z/OS 2.2 -- the level of RACF is the level of the operating system.
The level of the operating system is
strip(ECVTPNAM) || ' ' || ECVTPVER || '.' || ECVTPREL || '.' || ECVTPMOD
and if you simply want something that can be used for "am I at least this
release" then ECVTPSEQ is the right field to use (01020400 for z/OS 2.4).
Perhaps an analog of what Lionel showed for RACFLEV but instead returning
OSLEV (or OSSEQ) would be more helpful.
Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design
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