Another possibility would be that the console had been closed and no new messages had been displayed between that close and the EXECIO.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shimon Lebowitz > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:29 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Some REXX exec help needed. > > We seem to have gone off the track of the original problem. > > I would like to add a "CP Q V CON" *BEFORE* the EXECIO, to > see if console is currently even being spooled. > If some previous step was meant to start spooling, but > didn't, that would explain why nothing is going to OPERATOR. > > Shimon >