> > R 00,"CLPA,APF=02,LNK=45" > I can see why you need a manual 8) While even VM has some messages that are as cryptic as that "MVS" style message, there has been a trend in recent (past 8+ years) versions of VM to make new messages actually be readable... now, it doesn't always work, but on the whole I think that VM's messages are indeed much more capable of "standing alone" for the (relative) novice than the example above... ;-)
In my (brief) "unix world" experience (be it Linux or one of the alternatives), there are both good and bad examples of messages being "sufficient & understandable" in there too. Peace. -njg
