I stand corrected. I guess it has been so long since I have coded a GETMAIN, I forgot that both services (STORAGE and GETMAIN) do clear storage in the same cases. Wayne Driscoll
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS upgrade On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:53:40 -0600, Wayne Driscoll wrote: >GETMAIN has never cleared storage. STORAGE OBTAIN will clear storage to hex >ZEROS ONLY for a 8k or larger request, or a 4k or larger with BNDRY=PAGE. >This behavior has been constant for all releases of MVS/ESA, OS/390 and z/OS >I have worked with since STORAGE was introduced. > >Wayne Driscoll >Product Developer >NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. Your opinion differs from what is documented in the manual. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2A790/99.1?SHE LF=IEA2BK90&DT=20080522045539&CASE= Tiny'd: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6n4svv -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
