On Tuesday, 08/17/2010 at 02:11 EDT, Kris Buelens <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> This message means a FILEDEF ddname CLEAR was issued where "ddname" was 
not 
> "FILEDEFfed" before.  Normally don't worry about it.  At the other hand, 
the 
> fact that this message appears on the console, often means that the 
executed 
> REXX EXEC is running with the default ADDRESS CMS.  No good design for 
code 
> meant to run at various installations.
> 
> My guess is that the IODF was written correctly.
> 
> You could open a PMR to have the EXECs used by HCD changed to run with 
ADDRESS 
> COMMAND, making them more reliable.

Kris, I think you are making too many assumptions.  That code path may 
believe that a ddname should have been defined, but wasn't.  What went 
wrong?  Were files written to the expected/documented place?

I think the PMR is in order since, either way, there is something wrong in 
CBDSIOCP.  Messages that should not appear should, like, you know, not 
appear.  IMO, a PMR response of "you can safely ignore the message" should 
not be accepted.  If a program has something useful (meaningful) to say, 
it should say it.  Otherwise it should keep its mouth closed.  "En boca 
cerrada no entran moscas."

(I find it archaeologically interesting that DMS704I is actually an 
informational message when the text of the messages uses the word 
'invalid'.  Something that is not valid is an error, not just informative. 
 Go figure.) 

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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