On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 14:48, Thomas David Rivers <[email protected]> wrote: [...]
> I did find APAR PK80435 that references OTCBCTWACTIVE but couldn't find > any documentation > on the bit itself, and I don't know if it's a programmable interface???? > > IBM very carefully claims: > > Only the following fields are externally documented. All other fields > are reserved for IBM use only. > OtcbThli > OtcbWLMEToken > OtcbSigPending > OtcbOapb > > Any thoughts? > On the narrow issue of what's a Programming Interface in the OTCB, historically all the documented z/OS UNIX control blocks were BPXYxxxx, and the OCO ones were BPXZxxxx. Over time a few of the BPXZs have been shipped, but generally with only a very few fields marked as PI, and in one case (OAPB) with only the newly exposed fields shipped as a stripped down assembler version of the larger PL/X structure. On the larger frustrating issue you're working on, I think the best bet is to open a ticket with IBM; if the doc does not provide enough information to write a program using an interface, then IBM needs to fix it. Ideally some IBMer would say to you (or here...) that "this field is improperly not documented, we'll document how to use it in the next edition, and in the meantime here's how to use it". This has certainly happened before, though I don't remember z/OS UNIX being a hotbed of such revelations. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
