On 2015-12-07 09:58, J O Skip Robinson wrote:
> Gil's point raises an issue more critical than just the question at hand. 
> Once upon a time, 'reading JES2 parms' would have been a reasonable strategy 
> in general for determining how JES2 runs. Since the advent of pervasive 
> dynamic changes, however, the init deck as coded is no longer a reliable 
> window into JES2 processing. A great many changes are now made simply by 
> command. Old values are ignored on hot start and in many cases even on 
> all-system warm start. Only a cold start will reinstate coded parm values 
> that might actually be years out of date.
> 
> There is today no substitute for a display command with full detail. 
> 
More modern systems, often on desktops, have similar dynamic change
facilities.  However they often have a "Save as Default" checkbox
which does the equivalent of writing the changes back to the init
deck and making them persistent.

-- gil

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