CBFORMAT primary command — format a control block
Use the CBFORMAT primary command to format a control block.
- Syntax
{ CBFORMAT } data-descr { CBF }
- data-descr
- Specifies the data description parameter, which consists of three
parts:
- A symbol
- An address
- Address processing parameters
Data description parameter has more information about the use and syntax of the data description parameter.Note: The data-descr for the CBFORMAT primary command uses only three of the five possible parts of the data description parameter.
- Usage notes
- CBFORMAT can be used from the BROWSE option pointer and storage panels, and from the dump display reporter panel.
- Descriptions of the control blocks that are formatted using the CBFORMAT primary command are added to the pointer stack.
- Example: Format the CVT.
- Action
COMMAND ===> cbformat fd7bc8. str(cvt)
- Result
The CVT is formatted and displayed, and its description is added to the pointer stack.
- Action