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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht
> Sent: 03 March, 2017 16:50
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Friday fun: trapping message IEC386S.
> 
> Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
> 
> >Never too old to be surprised by software playing tricks with you:
> 
> Oh, tell me. If I could make money for each surprises I would be richer
> than those richest persons on the planet...
> 
> ... hey, I could ask that space-x guy to build me a [safe] five star
> hotel rocket to the moon with space for girls and a bar. [1]
> 
> 
> >Try to trap message IEC386S with an automation tool. This will give you
> a lot of headaches, until you discover the messageid is preceded by a
> blank. So you should trap ' IEC386S', not 'IEC386S'.
> 
> How are you trapping it? By message or by string search?

In this case, by searching for the message in syslog, where all messages start 
on the same position since the Roman Empire, util IEC386S.

> >IBM has opened APAR OA52268, so in the meantime you best trap both
> occurrences of the message.
> 
> I don't see that APAR, but will probably see it later this month.

If was opened last week, so it will probably be visible soon.

> 
> Question: At what z/OS level is this APAR applicable?

Don't know, we encountered it at z/OS V2.1.

> 
> Is that a x'40' or is that a unprintable character? Please post it, just
> for more Friday funnies.

It's a blank.

Kees.
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