Those are useful only if the code will run on that system. It's useless if you are assembling code and the target is different, such as assembling code on z/OS and the target is z/VSE.
Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. --ilvi > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john gilmore > Sent: Sunday 27 August 2006 08:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SYSSTATE_OSREL > > About SYSSTATE_OSREL Paul Gilmartin writes: > > >I glanced at the doc for this. It appears less useful than > it might be > >in that SYSSTATE TEST does not set values for &SYSOSREL and > >&SYSOSREL_NAME. > > These facilities anyway duplicate those of the HLASM system > variable symbol &SYSTEM_ID, which discriminates among z/OS, > CMS and VSE, providing version, release and > modification-level values for each. See p. 293 of the > current (1.5) HLASM LRM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
