Yes, MSGMODE OFF does it all. Thank you very much again Phil,
Wolfgang Software AG - Sitz/Registered office: Uhlandstra?e 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany, - Registergericht/Commercial register: Darmstadt HRB 1562 - Vorstand/ Management Board: Karl-Heinz Streibich (Vorsitzender/Chairman), David Broadbent, Mark Edwards, Dr. Peter Kurpick, Ivo Totev, Arnd Zinnhardt; - Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender/ Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Andreas Bereczky - http://www.softwareag.com/ -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 5:16 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: XEDIT from a program Buettner, Wolfgang wrote: >We have a pretty old application that uses XEDIT and macros to manipulate files. >It appears that if the target of "locate /string/" is not found the ^ symbol is displayed on the console. Not nice, but I can live with that as it happens not so often. >However, if and only if the application runs in a DISCONNECT virtual machine, also each ":line number" command writes the content of that line to the CONSOLE LOG file which adds thousands unneeded ones. >Is there a way to avoid that? Maybe I have overseen something in the books . The ^ symbol is because MSGMODE is SHORT. Use SET MSGMODE OFF to suppress it (and turn it back on after the LOCATE command, or you won't see any messages!) The contents of the lines appearing is because VERIFY is ON. Use SET VERIFY OFF to suppress it. ...phsiii
