On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 09:16:42PM +0000, Joseph Reichman wrote:
> Is there a way of determining the field at offset x’2A’ DCBMACR
> seems to be overlaid after a B37 abend

> There are a number of programs to monitor after doing a lot of research
> cannt seem to find where or what control block it would be in

DFSMS Macro Instructions for Data Sets
Non-VSAM macro instructions
Data control block—common fields

If the DCB is open then some fields are different from before it was open.

see:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=blocks-data-control-blockcommon-fields

40(28) 8        DCBDDNAM        Eight-byte name of the data definition 
statement 
                                that defines the data set associated 
                                with this DCB. (Before DCB is opened.)

40(28) 2        DCBTIOT (After DCB is opened.) Offset from the TIOT origin 
                          to the TIOELNGH field in the TIOT entry 
                          for the DD statement associated with this
                          DCB. Unsigned. Maximum value is just below 64K.

42(2A) 2        DCBMACRF        This field can only be referred to during 
                                and after OPEN. It is common to all uses 
                                of the DCB and is created by moving the
                                DCBMACR field into this area.

45(2D) 3        DCBDEBA (After DCB is opened.) Address of field, DEBBASIC, 
                in the associated DEB.

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