On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 01:30:52 +0200 Lindy Mayfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>I know I shouldn't feel bad about asking this question because it seems so elementary. Anyway, can someone please briefly point me in the right direction? :>I have 3 basic questions that I would like to ask to help me fill some gaps in my knowledge. :>1) How do I know what control blocks or memory for another address space can be seen from my address space? :>In other words, for example, I can loop through ASCB chain and find the ASCB of other address spaces and see some control blocks that belong to them. Sometimes, though, when I think that I'm looking at them I end up looking at myself. :>What did I do wrong? Or what did I understand wrong? Or perhaps more technically, where in the IBM docs does it tell me (or hint to me) that I might fall into this trap? Those that are in a common subpool, typically 241 or 245. The control block description identifies the subpool. :>2) If I want to look at control blocks and memory and they are not in shared memory (is it shared memory? Is that the right term?), then what mechanism would I use to view that data? :>Just a hint to the docs would be great here. I haven't found what I'm looking for just yet. It will require getting "special" - in supervisor state. Once you have reached that state there are various ways of getting to the storage. The cleanest (as well as the purist approach) is via SRB. :>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. :>Right now I just dig for a few hours and if I don't find it I ask on a list like this one. Is there a better way? There are various programs on the CBT that display stuff. Look at SHOWMVS for good examples. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
