>I would agree with the originator of this question that any required use of >FORCE is a bug.
I disagree. Sometimes you have to FORCE. For example, you have an address space swapped out. CANCEL won't take effect until it swaps back in. So, you cannot restart it until it's gone. > The possible consequences of FOCREing an address space are severe Not since MVS/XA came out. A lot of problems were solved then. >and are not within the scope of 'normal' operation. Again, I disagree. BTW, what do you do while waiting for the vendor to fix it? Leave the address space hanging? When in doubt. PANIC!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
