Ok - #1 helps a little (but I'm assuming a real user can end up by itself on a line too) - #2 a bit more (yes, sneaky) - #3 even more, but probably going a little far unless I'm going for 6 Sigma or something :-) Probably will stick with tossing VSM user cuz I'm a lazy old cuss.
The good news for me is now I know why it's there and why I'm excluding it ... so.. thanks again... Scott Rohling On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com>wrote: > On Wednesday, 09/15/2010 at 07:46 EDT, Scott Rohling > <scott.rohl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ok - so this is about linemode sessions. And yeah - I get the crickets > - who > > the heck uses linemode? I suppose it fits. I always have a grin on > my face > > when I explain virtual reader/punch/printer to non-z/VM folk. > > > > The consistency factor is me expecting the first word in front of the > dash (-) > > to be a guest name. So I still think Q VSM would be better than > stuffing it > > into Q NAMES where I'm looking for guest names and their status. But > no one > > asked me.. hmmph > > > > Sounds like I get my list of running guests by ignoring VSM.. Keeping > my > > fingers crossed no one names a guest VSM until I retire :-) > > Perhaps it would help to know that all VSMs > 1. Appear on a separate line of output on QUERY NAMES > 2. Have the '-' in column 9. User IDs have it in column 10. (Sneaky, > huh?) > 3. Can be seen via "CP QUERY IUCV *CCS" > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development (T minus 3h 50m) > IBM Endicott >
