Bright side is that it is pretty easy to change with an MPF exit. On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 14:28:28 -0500 Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
:>On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 22:45:12 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: :> :>>... If what's entered is not a real NetView command, you get this: :>> :>> REPLY INVALID. REPLY WITH VALID NCCF SYSTEM OPERATOR COMMAND :>> :>>This can easily happen if the operator tries to reply to a different WTOR but gets the number wrong. Often this WTOR remains in this state for weeks or months. Until the next IPL. You never know what it didn't like because the bad reply has rolled off immediately. So my final piece of advice. Whatever mechanism you settle on, don't be like NetView. :>> :>On our test floor (perhaps too many) engineers had operator authority :>(I was among them.) I remember watching another novice trying to deal :>with such as: :> 42 RESOURCE UNAVAILABLE. REPLY 'CANCEL' OR WAIT :> R 42,WAIT :> REPLY 'WAIT' INVALID :> 43 RESOURCE UNAVAILABLE. REPLY 'CANCEL' OR WAIT :> R 43,WAIT :> ... :> :>This process doesn't necessarily terminate. It would have :>been far better if it were: :> 42 Resource unavailable. Wait or reply 'CANCEL' :>... Keeping 'WAIT' out of the scope of recommended replies. :>And using mixed case vs. upper case to differentiate instructions :>to operator from suggested replies. :> :>And one of my pet gripes is that the reply number is incremented :>when the reply is rejected. It would be far more intuitive if it allowed :>the operator to retry with *the*same* reply number. I know; WAD. :>But the design is wrong in not considering that human factor. -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
