Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi, One of the filed is defined as PIC 9(4) in the program. If input file has got negative values for this variable, what the program will receive? Will program just take the value and ignores the sign OR interpretes into some other value? I was not able to answer the question well. I think move wil...

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My usage go from 5 to 8 hours per day. If watching movie online, it increases more than that...

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The LISTCAT ENT(dataset.name) ALL lista all the GDG information. It also lists the NON-VSAM dataset information which qualifies for the name in brackets. I need a way to eliminate all GDG information and get only sequential dataset information. Can LISTCAT command be modified to eliminate all GDG in...

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Anuj Dhawan wrote:Robert has given you a very precise explanation, however I believe your question is quite generic. Did you mean why "*" is used in SYSOUT=*?

Yes. Somtimes, I've seen SYSOUT=Y. What's the meaning of this?

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Hi,

I've observed at my shop that only while using Sort/ICEMAN/ utility we use SYSOUT DD SYSOUT = * . Is there some reason for that?

I found you on google.

Apart from what Robert says, they have been written in different languages.