On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:53:12 -0500, Chase, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, All,
>
>I can't remember what the //SYSABOUT DD statement was for (doing a
>little "cleanup" here). Didn't it have something to do with OS/VS
>COBOL? Or was it "long-ago" MVS-specific?
>
>We seem to have more than a few of them......
>
>TIA,
>
> -jc-
I found a reference to it in "VS COBOL II: Application Programming Guide for
MVS and CMS".
<quote>
Unless you have specified the NOSTAE run-time option, the SYSABOUT data
set will contain the following abend information upon abend:
The name of each COBOL program in the run unit
The compilation date and time of each COBOL program in the run unit
Pointer to the TGT for the current program
Contents of base locators for files and for Working-Storage
Contents of base locators for Linkage Section
Contents of base locators for variably located areas
Contents of indexes used in the program
If you need this type of information, it is important to define the
SYSABOUT data set. Supply a DD statement in the JCL stream for SYSABOUT:
</quote>
--
John
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
