Andy, Nice find!
I cannot find that documented in the Auth Assembler Books - but found the following on IBMLINK : "The purpose of KEEPRGN is to allow the initiation of the address space to allocate persistent storage prior to the creation of the main job step task at full function start time." Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rs.com/portfolio/mxi/ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Wood Sent: 20 September 2006 09:05 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The ASCRE initialization routine On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:16:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It appears that all task related storage, including loaded modules, are >released after the initialization routine ends despite the fact that >the TCB >remains around. Does ATTR=(...,KEEPRGN) on the ASCRE help? If so, perhaps you need that - in more ways than one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

