>>I have 3 basic questions that I would like to ask to help me fill some gaps >in my knowledge. > >>3) This is a generic "how to catch a fish" question. Say I want a piece of >information and I know it is available because I see it in JES listings or >>SDSF or something like that. Let's take job accounting information as an >example. How do you know where to find that? (Ok, that one I know, I just >>used it as an example. It is in the OUCB.) The Data Areas docs are great, >but the comments telling you what is what aren't so clear. >
More like I want to catch fish, where are they biting. No one can tell you that. Source for programs on www.cbttape.org may help you. Teaching you to fish is easy. Read the manuals, search SYS1.MACLIB, use google. Then hop into IPCS and start following them. The z/OS universe begins at address 0, the Prefix Save Area (PSA). Everything is hung off the PSA. Back in the days of MVS there was a manual with a diagram of how control blocks point to each other. It is so complex these days you need to build your own. Sometimes you think you are lucky when you find the field you want but then have to hunt for what points to that control block. Working your way back to the PSA or an API that gets it for you. Happy fishing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
