>The point was that the error was so severe that it caused a >wait state and required a standalone dump for analysis. >Typically, IPL should proceed at least to activate the >console and place the message on the console.
IPL did activate the console and place the message on the console. The OP might not have examined that info (because it might not have been convenient) In some console setups, as discussed by Skip Robinson and Jim Mulder, these messages can be viewed even after the wait state. In others they apparently cannot. >What about the SAMPLIB SPPINST and SPPPACK ? >According comments it is a kind of syntax checker. SPPPACK (via SPPINST) is a syntax checker for LOADxx primarily. And maybe GRSPRMxx, IIRC. Nothing else. It will let you view a member identified by an IEASYSxx parameter (with symbols resolved or not as you choose), but typically does no checking. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
