On Friday, 01/30/2015 at 01:01 EST, Michael MacIsaac <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. That's what I figured. The vmcp man page doesn't > really mention this.
If the command you are issuing (e.g. QUERY DASD) is synchronous, then FOR can see the response. Otherwise, it's just like issuing the command yourself via DIAG 8. > But I did find this in the Device Drivers book: > ...Some CP commands do not return specific error or status messages through > diagnose X'08'. These messages are only returned on a 3270 or 3215 > console... The type of console is irrelevant. The issue is async vs sync responses. Alan Altmark Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant Lab Services System z Delivery Practice IBM Systems & Technology Group ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 [email protected] IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
