> Maybe the program was converted from VSE which, in the days when it was DOS anyhow, used an SVC macro to "end the job".
So, effectively, does z/OS. ISTR that R14 in a jobstep programme points directly at an SVC 3 instruction. You used to be able to tell if you were the jobstep programme by looking at that. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

