Isn't that true only for line mode? ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Phil Smith III <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VM: redefine virtual storage from an EXEC
Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Which component recognizes the '#' or the '15'x? CP or VM (or XEDIT)? CP. But if you type DEF STOR 16M#IPL on the CMS command line, then CP splits it into two lines that CMS sees, so the IPL gets lost. If you do CP DEF STOR 16M#IPL, same thing. If you do #CP DEF STOR 16M#IPL, it works because the #CP goes directly to CP and CMS never sees the command at all. >I've generally turned '#' off; it's a pitfall when I enter a command that contains >that character. This astonishes and dismays experts who try to assist me. Right, perverts :) like you are troublemakers. >But it's a valid filename character and occurs in some files distributed by IBM. Sure. Just as \ is a valid character in a *ix filename (as is * for that matter). My usual way to do this from an EXEC is DIAG 8-try this, it won't reIPL but will prove the point (and then it also works with DEF STOR 16M#IPL): call diag 8, 'M * HI1' '15'X 'M * HI2' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
