Thanks all. Thanks @John for the link. Duh -- I did not realize it was its own named control block -- I was thinking of it as "another TCB" analogous to JSTCB -- the same layout as a TCB DSECT, but with some special significance.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 8:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What is the STCB? On 12 September 2016 at 10:16, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the STCB? For example, > > 312 (138) ADDRESS 4 TCBSTCB ADDRESS OF STCB General purpose above-the-line extension of the TCB, conforming to more modern standards (eyecatcher, 31-bit clean pointers, etc.) It's been around long anough that I find a number of fields routinely useful for debugging. And a couple even during normal operation, e.g. STCBOTCB. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
