Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread CM Poncelet
It means the single previous line was repeated N times.   On 19/09/2019 03:02, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:54:50 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: > >> The before/after addresses (on the LHS in the SYSUDUMP) show which >> addresses of the excluded lines are "SAME AS ABOVE". >>   > Yes,

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
our J Metz Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 9:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP I remember one such product that intercepted ABENDs and dropped diagnostic data that would otherwise have appeared on the dump. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.)

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
x23353 Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP All of which AssUMes that your local sysprog and security teams have deigned to make IPCS available to the ordinary application developer; not always the case I&#

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
t On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP Well, chacun à son goût; there's a lot that IPCS can format, and hand decoding from the hexadecimal storage dump is so 19th Century.

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
homas David Rivers Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 1:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP Well - I've been reading SYSUDUMPs for a long time, but I've never found a pretty precise description of the various pieces of the dump. The newer z/

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
n List on behalf of Thomas David Rivers Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:36:14 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > >>I guess I'm askin

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread Clifford McNeill
try MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Thomas David Rivers Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP Paul Gilmartin

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-19 Thread Thomas David Rivers
Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:36:14 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: I guess I'm asking "what is the chunk of memory described in 'SAME AS ABOVE'" ? Seems like a document somewhere might explain that definitively... ? Was that the entirety of your question or just a r

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:54:50 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: >The before/after addresses (on the LHS in the SYSUDUMP) show which >addresses of the excluded lines are "SAME AS ABOVE". >  Yes, but the question is, if N lines are identified as excluded, does that mean the single previous line was repeated

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread CM Poncelet
The before/after addresses (on the LHS in the SYSUDUMP) show which addresses of the excluded lines are "SAME AS ABOVE".   CP   On 18/09/2019 21:48, Tony Harminc wrote: > On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 13:40, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > >> My particular question is the >> >>LINES -

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:48:18 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >> >>LINES - 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 >> and > >Yes - quite def

Re: [External] Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Pommier, Rex
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 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 wrote: >

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:36:14 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > >I guess I'm asking "what is the chunk of memory described in 'SAME AS >ABOVE'" ? > >Seems like a document somewhere might explain that definitively... ? > Was that the entirety of your question or just a representative example of se

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Tony Harminc
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 13:40, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > My particular question is the > >LINES - 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 > an

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:03:38 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:36:14 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > >>I guess I'm asking "what is the chunk of memory described in 'SAME AS >>ABOVE'" ? > >One line. 32 bytes. > >It is simply telling you that it has skipped printing lines that w

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:36:14 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: >I guess I'm asking "what is the chunk of memory described in 'SAME AS >ABOVE'" ? One line. 32 bytes. It is simply telling you that it has skipped printing lines that would contain the same data content. It becomes obvious when you

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Thomas David Rivers
Gereldy wrote: Seems like I recall, at some point, a pretty precise document on the format of a SYSUDUMP - but I can't seem to find it now... if anyone remembers what that might be a pointer to that would be welcome. I guess I would describe it as the storage that would be shown in li

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Mark Charles
When in a dump you see: Line 10 (as in it is all zeroes) Lines 11-20 SAME AS ABOVE that means the data in lines 11-20 are all zeroes, too. IBM did this to save paper (how many zeroes do you need to see?). It does not mean that the data was copied from Line 10. -

Re: [EXTERNAL] Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Horne, Jim - James S
In times past it always meant the single line above. Jim Horne -Original Message- Well - I've been reading SYSUDUMPs for a long time, but I've never found a pretty precise description of the various pieces of the dump. The newer z/OS doc seems to just want to point you to IPCS, but I ra

Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

2019-09-18 Thread Thomas David Rivers
Well - I've been reading SYSUDUMPs for a long time, but I've never found a pretty precise description of the various pieces of the dump. The newer z/OS doc seems to just want to point you to IPCS, but I rather like just reading the dump. My particular question is the LINES -