-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 3:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 13:40, Thomas David Rivers <riv...@dignus.com> wrote: > My particular question is the > > LINES XXXXXXXX-YYYYYYYY SAME AS ABOVE > > in a memory dump. Does that mean the the single line (of 32-bytes) > just before this line is copied as many times to fill in the space > between XXXXXXXX and YYYYYYYY Yes - quite definitely. What I've wished for for decades is that if there is just one repeated line, they not do the "same as above" processing. The message saves no space and just distracts from the flow when reading. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony, Could IBM have done this way back in the days of chain printers to speed up printing? Waiting for the chains to spin around just to print a bunch of zeros would take longer than printing "same as above". Rex The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN