On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 23:42:44 -0600, Bruce Hewson wrote:
>
>normally the default prefix for issuing MVS Commands from SDSF is "/", not "-".
>
Hmmm...  I didn't recognize it as an MVS command because it *didn't* have
"/" as a prefix.

That's how it appeared in the manual.

Is this YA stupid code page problem?

Is that prefix configurable and the developer had an idiosyncratic convention?

Is an RCF in order?  If I could find a publicaton number.

>Original message:
>==============
>
>What about dynamic symbols?  (Or why not?)
>
>And "z/OS system installation and maintenance" tells me:
>
>... You can display the symbols in your system by entering the D SYMBOLS
>command. Figure 1 shows the result of entering this command.
>
>Figure 1. Partial output of the D SYMBOLS command (some lines removed)
>
>HQX7708 -----------------  SDSF PRIMARY OPTION MENU  --
>COMMAND INPUT ===> -D SYMBOLS
>  IEA007I STATIC SYSTEM SYMBOL VALUES
>          &SYSALVL.  = "2"
>          &SYSCLONE. = "70"
>
>But:
>
>   Display  Filter  View  Print  Options  Search  Help
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> HQX77A0 -----------------  SDSF PRIMARY OPTION MENU  -- INVALID COMMAND
> COMMAND INPUT ===> -D SYMBOLS                                 SCROLL ===> CSR
>
> DA    Active users                      INIT  Initiators
> I     Input queue                       PR    Printers
> O     Output queue                      PUN   Punches

-- gil

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