CCA3407@SAKAAU03.BITNET (03/03/91)
Hi all,
Could anybody out there tell me how to write to the console, terminal,
on the MVS operating system or can recommends a books or manuals discriping
the way to do it.
Any comment will be appreatuated.
Thanks in advanced.
Saad Al-Harthi <CCA3407.SAKAAU03.BITNET>
Jeddah, SA.VALDIS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Valdis Kletnieks) (03/03/91)
On Sat, 2 Mar 91 18:59:12 G+3 <CCA3407%SAKAAU03.BITNET@OHSTVMA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.E > Could anybody out there tell me how to write to the console, terminal, >on the MVS operating system or can recommends a books or manuals discriping >the way to do it. Hmm.. Been a *long* time since I hacked any OS code, but.. To write to the systems console, see the WTO and WTOR macros. Note that doing this in a large multi-processing environment may be a Bad Idea, as the systems operator is probably *not* expecting for your program to communicate with him directly... To write to the *user* terminal, I think you want the TPUT and TGET (although this may be a TSO-only rather than an MVS macro...) Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Engineer Virginia Polytechnic Institute
TIERNEY@UNSVAX.BITNET (TIM TIERNEY) (03/05/91)
In article <9103021608.AA01018@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> you write: >Hi all, > > Could anybody out there tell me how to write to the console, terminal, >on the MVS operating system or can recommends a books or manuals discriping >the way to do it. > >Any comment will be appreatuated. >Thanks in advanced. > >Saad Al-Harthi <CCA3407.SAKAAU03.BITNET> >Jeddah, SA. Salam Wa Aleykum, Saad. My name is Tim Tierney, and I work for the University of Nevada. In order to write to the MVS console, you need to use the WTO, or WTOR macro. The WTO will allow you to just write a message, and the WTOR will allow you to write a message and wait for a reply from the operator. By the way, I'm an MVS/ESA systems programmer. I worked in Riyadh from 1984 - 1986 with GOSI in Riyadh, and from 1986 - 1989 with StorageTek in Kuwait. I'm thinking about coming back over, and I'm wondering what the contract situation is over there. Any information you could provide, especially if you know of a company needing a systems programmer, would be appreciated. Shukran, Tim
dandrews@bilver.uucp (Dave Andrews) (03/05/91)
In the simplest case, writing to the MVS operator's console can be accomplished by coding a WTO macro: WTO 'text' where the text can be up to 120 characters, if memory serves me right. There is a variety of optional parameters that affect message routing, display attributes and such, which you can get out of the Supervisor Services SPL. If you want to write to a terminal (i.e. a TSO terminal), then you'll need the TPUT macro - or the PUTLINE macro. Both are documented in the "Guide to Writing a Terminal Monitor Program or Command Processor". I haven't used TPUT or PUTLINE in a long time and are sufficiently fuzzy so that I won't post what I think are the requirements here. Hope this helps.
kayjs@WAM.UMD.EDU (James Stuart Kay) (03/07/91)
If it's XA, see System Macros and Facilities Volume 2.
Or just code:
WTO 'your text here'
That's all there is.
Jim Kay