Re: Usage of QABNORMSW systemvalue

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris

At 06:47 PM 6/30/1998 +0200, you wrote:
>
>Fellow Midrangers,
>
>In the IPL-procedure I need to know whether the previous powerdown was
>normal or not.
>Normal meaning that a PWRDWNSYS-command was issued ( Restart option can be
>*yes/*no )
>Abnormal would be a power loss, disk crash or some other goodies that can
>happen.
>
>I was thinking of using the QABNORMSW System value.
>However the helptext refers to the ENDJOBABN-command.
>Does anyone of you have any experience with this systemvalue and/or the
>ENDJOBABN-command ?
>
>An other approach would be changing the contents of a dataara during IPL
>and in the PWRDWNSYS-command.
>Is it possible to create an exit point for the powerdown command, and will
>this be preserved when upgrading ?

This looks like just the thing you want. A '0' means there was a normal
powerdown of the system. A '1' means that there was not. Specifically, if
you had ended any job using the ENDJOBABN command, the next PWRDWNSYS will
be abnormal.

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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