Wiki Category: Glossary of Message Variables

A request to console services within the VNAC agent to either ADD or DELETE a console listener and its associated filters.

The first 20 characters from the first line of a message that may contain more than one line.

The first record from a file that is to be submitted to the internal reader.

The name of the job submitted, from the first record in the input file.

The storage address of the IRXINSTB control block created when VNCRXM00 calls IRXLOAD to load a REXX exec into storage prior to execution. This is a REXX language environment control block whose layout is documented in the IBM manual z/OS TSO/E System Diagnosis: Data Areas.

The I/O function to be performed: INIT, OPENR, OPENW, OPENX, READ, READX, WRITE, TERM, or CLOSE. They are documented in the IBM manual z/OS TSO/E REXX Reference in the section Input/Output Routine.

Refers to the optional 1- to 4-character suffix that can be appended with a “.” delimiter to an %INCLUDE substitution keyword (e.g. &SMFID.AGT1) to create a composite PDS member name.

Refers to the result obtained after substituting the actual value for a %INCLUDE substitution keyword.

One of 7 substitution keywords that can be specified with %INCLUDE instead of a specific PDS member name. The keyword is replaced with an actual value to be used as the PDS member name. The supported substitution keywords are &MYNAME, &MYJOBNAME, &CVTSNAME, &SYSNAME, &SYSPLEX, &SMFID, and &LPARNAME.

The type of user ID, either AGENT or USER.