Thanks, Shmuel; now that I have some place to look, I think I will be fine from here.
Don Johnson On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:03 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > The formatting of the messages is a console function, not a JES function, > and is driven by parameters on the WTO macro and by how you are configured. > One of the options is ulti-line WTO and, AFAIK, there is no COBOL support > for it. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Donald Johnson Jr. [000002ee771a0785-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 9:42 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Question on wrapped JESMSGLG messages > > I have a peculiar question and hope the answer is easily found in this > group. Looking at these highlighted values > > 08.17.38 JOB57837 DJMU2DF:DB01900I - MUF > DJMU2DF,99,NO > 08.17.38 JOB57837 DJMU2DF:DB01909E - * > - ASTERISK 682 > 682 POINTS NEAR ERROR > > > 08.05.17 JOB57048 IEC161I 056-084,CICSABCD,$$$$$$@ $$$$$$@,DFHLCD,,, 571 > > 571 IEC161I OMY.CICS.DFHLCD,OMY.CICS.DFHLCD.DATA, > 571 IEC161I ICF.ABCD.USERCAT > > I know that the number is a cross-reference for continued lines in Syslog > and the user joblog, and I have never thought twice about it before. > However, I have someone asking about this, and I realized that I don't > really know how it works. My questions are: > > 1. What drives this process? I assume it is part of JES message handling > 2. Is the line length before wrapping a message held in a parameter > somewhere? > 3. What causes some messages to use the #, and others to just wrap. For > example, if I write a COBOL program with DISPLAY...UPON CONSOLE, the lines > just wrap in the Syslog, with no ### identifier. Other jobs or STCs write > messages like the above, with the continuation number. > 4. Is there some doc I can point to for my colleague to understand this? We > all know what it is, and most of us probably don't care how it works, but I > figure that someone knows what this is called, how it is configured, and > how it works for different messages. > > Thanks all! > Don > > Don Johnson > > Broadcom > donald.johnso...@broadcom.com | broadcom.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
