Displaying a TCP/IP/NJE Socket *INQUIRY,SOCKET=

Function

Use the *INQUIRY,SOCKET= command to display information about a socket or all sockets.

Syntax

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>>-+-*INQUIRY-+--,SOCKET=--+-sockname-+------------------------><
   '-*I-------'            '-ALL------'   

Parameters

SOCKET=sockname
Specifies the name of the socket to be displayed.

Results

  • Information for the requested socket, or all sockets, is displayed.

Example

After the *S,TCP,SOCKET=S4 command in the example for that command is entered, the following command is issued on NODE1 with the shown response.
*i socket=s4
IAT8709 SOCKET INQUIRY RESPONSE
INFORMATION FOR SOCKET S4
  NETSERV=JES3S1, HOST=ALPS4146.POK.IBM.COM, PORT=   0,
  NODE=NODE4, JTRACE=NO, VTRACE=NO, ITRACE=NO, TLS=NO,
  ACTIVE=YES, SERVER=NO
END OF SOCKET INQUIRY RESPONSE

In the same network the following command is issued on NODE4 with the shown response.

*i socket=@0000001
IAT8709 SOCKET INQUIRY RESPONSE
INFORMATION FOR SOCKET @0000001
  NETSERV=JES3S4, HOST=, PORT=   0, NODE=NODE1, JTRACE=NO
  VTRACE=NO, ITRACE=NO, TLS=NO, ACTIVE=YES, SERVER=YES
END OF SOCKET INQUIRY RESPONSE

The assigned IP address and port are not displayed in the JES3 inquiry response message IAT8709. These values can be displayed by using the MVS™ command D TCPIP,,NETSTAT,ALLCONN.