I back Peter's argument here: what should the parmlib cover? Potentially hundreds of console commands, all with their own parameter parsing and threshold processing. What does this cost IBM? For whom do they do this? What is the added value, given the fact the functionality is available with an exit?
Kees. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 15:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VARY OFFLINE fat finger Peter Fatzinger wrote: >There have been requests for IBM to provide a confirmation prompt or a limit >on the range, but they've always been rejected because, as several have >indicated, an exit can be written to meet the installation's specific >requirements. Given that alternative we haven't been able to justify the cost >of implementing a solution within the BCP. Why not use a PARMLIB member with allowed/disallowed ranges in your solution? Something like this: ALLOW=0000-0100,5000-6000 * Live DASD DISALLOW=0923,0C0B,0040-004F * Defective things MAXRANGE=16 * MAX Unnn - MIN Unnn + 1 CONSOLE-ALLOW=0BC,0DE * Consoles allowed for commands. That MAXRANGE can prevent a large range to be used as a parameter for such V OFFLINE, commands Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
