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TEST command z/OS TSO/E Command Reference SA32-0975-00 |
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Use the TEST command to test a program, command processor, or APPC/MVS transaction program for proper execution and to locate programming errors. For APPC/MVS transaction programs, use this command to test standard transaction programs. However, you can also use this command to partially test a multi-trans type transaction program up to the point where it issues GETTRANS for the next transaction. To use the TEST command and subcommands, you should be familiar with the Assembler language and addressing conventions. Refer to the appropriate publications for information about how to code assembler programs and definitions of assembler language terminology. Also, see z/OS TSO/E Programming Guide, for more information about using the TEST command and the TEST tutorial. For best results, the program to be tested should be written in Assembler language. To use the symbolic names feature of TEST, your program should have been assembled and link-edited with the TEST operands. If the tested program attempts to LOAD, LINK, XCTL, or ATTACH another module, the module is being searched for in the following sequence: Libraries specified by an active TSOLIB command, then TASKLIB, STEPLIB, JOBLIB, LPA, and then LNKLST. If the module is not in any of these areas, it will not be found. To avoid this, bring the module into virtual storage by using the LOAD subcommand of TEST. If you enter the TEST command with operands, a pseudo or automatic breakpoint is established at +0 for the problem program being invoked under TEST. Therefore, do not use the AT subcommand of TEST (AT +0). If you use the TEST command to test inbound APPC/MVS transaction
programs, the following restrictions apply:
See z/OS TSO/E Programming Guide for
information about:
Note: Requesting an attention interrupt while testing a password protected
data set might terminate the TEST command's processing.
Restriction: TEST allows a user to test AMODE 24 or AMODE 31 programs. Testing programs with any other AMODE will have unpredictable results. |
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