On Wed, 5 Dec 2012 08:03:16 -0800, Charles Mills wrote:

>> How does STOP work?
>
>From a programmer's point of view, it sets a flag and posts an ECB.
>
>> Is MODIFY similar?
>
>Yes, both are quite similar in how they work. Modify is a flag plus the text
>of the command. AFAIR Stop is just a flag, but I might well be wrong and I
>am too lazy to look it up right now.
> 
Same ECB or different ECB?  Or does the flag indicate whether the operation
was STOP, MODIFY, or ... (What else?)

>z/OS "knows" whether a program has gone through the motions of telling z/OS
>it was prepared to accept console commands. ...
>
May I assume that "telling" includes providing z/OS with the address of the 
ECB(s)?

Thanks,
gil

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