IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 12/04/2008 02:03:17 AM:
> I am a bit fuzzy on force arm, but I think force arm still ensures > that task termination resource managers are given control. (I am > sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.) FORCE ARM is just a way to CANCEL a non-cancellable job. Other than using the FORCE completion code (A22) instead of the CANCEL completion code (222), I am not aware of any differences between the result of a CANCEL and a FORCE ARM. Of course, depending on what you are terminating, there might be recovery routines or resource managers which examine the completion code and might choose to treat A22 differently from 222. For example, I have seen recovery routines which look specifically for a completion code of 222 and avoid taking an SDUMP in that case. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
