Or use sysvar('sysispf') - either ACTIVE or NOT ACTIVE.
Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, February 6, 2023 8:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Having a little difficulty with a REXX command LMOPEN On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 04:48:09 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: >I would probably use ISPQRY, but your usage is shorter. > But does that require TSO? I wanted to be TSO-independent: z/OS 2.5 ISPF Services Guide IBM SC19-3626-50 Under TSO/E REXX that uses ADDRESS TSO you can use: "ISPQRY" (if it's a TSO command, shouldn't it be documented in the TSO COmmanf Ref.?) ________________________________________ From: Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2023 9:02 PM > ... Thrtr are scripts intended to be bimodal where I have dome: ADDRESS ISPEXEC DISPLAY 'MSG(ISRZ002)' IF RC<>0 THEN DO /* ISPF not active. */ say errMsg1 say errMsg2; END -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN