Re: RTV???? command question

Hi Simon

Thanks for yet another gem.

I have been coding CLs for ages and always wondered about messages like
this in the job log - the MCH3601 message in particular annoyed me when
coding RTV type commands.

I was never shown to do this and can't recall seeing it in the manual (is
it there ?) As you observed coding MONMSG without the RCVMSG seems to be
standard practise so seeing all these messages in my joblogs didn't seem
unusual when they were in practically every other job log I ever looked at.

I'll be adding this to my standard coding practise from tomorrow.

regards
Evan Harris

Simon Coulter wrote:

<SNIP>

You should also remove the MCH3601 message from the joblog.  There is no
point in
cluttering the joblog with unnecessary messages.  That is the difference
between a
good programmer and a merely competent one.  You should be coding:

              CHGVAR     VAR(&IPNAME) VALUE(&RIPNAME)
              MONMSG     MSGID(MCH3601) EXEC(DO)
                RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*EXCP)
              ENDDO
or
              MONMSG     MSGID(MCH3601) EXEC(RCVMSG MSGTYPE(*EXCP))

The same thing is true for all instances where messages are monitored and
handled
in the program.  A classic example is CHKOBJ followed by MONMSG and then a
CRTxxx
command.  Clean up the joblog.  A certain automated operations software house
should practice this technique.

</SNIP>