Re: Retreiving OS version

[DennisLovelady@xxxxxxxxx (Dennis Lovelady)]

Here's a CL program that will do what you want:

0001.00                                                                        
0002.00   PGM                                                                  
0003.00                                                                         
0004.00   DCL        &release    *CHAR  6                                       
0005.00                                                                         
0006.00 /************************************************************        */ 
0007.00 /* RCVR can be 8 bytes or larger (must be enough to hold the         */ 
0008.00 /* all the fields upto and including the field you want from         */ 
0009.00 /* the PRDR0100 format.                                              */ 
0010.00 /* X'00000000' for the error code tells the API to signal            */ 
0011.00 /* errors.                                                           */ 
0012.00 /*                                                                   */
0013.00 /* PRDINFO (Product Information):                                    */
0014.00 /*   *OPSYS - The product ID for the operating system is             */
0015.00 /*            used.                                                  */
0016.00 /*   *CUR   - Use the release of the currently installed             */
0017.00 /*            system                                                 */ 
0018.00 /*   0000   - Base option                                            */
0019.00 /*   *CODE  - Use load ID for the given prod ID, release             */
0020.00 /*            level, and option.                                     */
0021.00 /*                                                                   */
0022.00 /*                                                                   */
0023.00 /************************************************************        */ 
0024.00   DCL        &rcvr       *CHAR  128                                     
0025.00   DCL        &rcvrlen    *CHAR  4      VALUE(X'00000080')               
0026.00   DCL        &format     *CHAR  8      VALUE('PRDR0100')                
0027.00   DCL        &prdinfo    *CHAR  27     VALUE('*OPSYS *CUR  0000*CODE  - 
0028.00    ')                                                                   
0029.00   DCL        &errcode    *CHAR  4      VALUE(X'00000000')               
0030.00                                                                         
0031.00   CALL QSYS/QSZRTVPR PARM(&rcvr    &rcvrlen &format  &prdinfo &errcode) 
0032.00                                                                        
0033.00   CHGVAR &release (%SST(&rcvr 20 6))                                   
0034.00   SNDPGMMSG MSG('This system is at release' |> &release)               
0035.00   ENDPGM         
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