Use the CONTROL command to control the screen display
of MCS, HMCS and SMCS consoles. Table 1 summarizes the information that the
CONTROL command provides. Use it to access the pages on which you
can find details about a particular use of the CONTROL command.
Table 1. Summary of the CONTROL
Command| Command: |
Topic: |
|---|
| CONTROL A |
Changing out of line display area specifications |
| CONTROL C |
Deleting retained action messages |
| CONTROL C,D |
Halting the printing or the display of a status display |
| CONTROL D |
Controlling displays in areas |
| CONTROL E |
Removing information from the screen |
| CONTROL M,AMRF |
Activating, deactivating, or displaying the status of the action message retention facility |
| CONTROL M,APPLID |
Setting the APPLID of the system |
| CONTROL M,GENERIC |
Setting or turning off the VTAM generic resource name for SMCS |
| CONTROL M,LOGLIM |
Changing or displaying the number of allowed WTL SYSLOG buffers |
| CONTROL M,MLIM |
Changing or displaying the number of allowed WTO and WTOR message buffers |
| CONTROL M,ROUTTIME |
Changing the time the system waits for ROUTE command responses |
| CONTROL M,RMAX |
Increasing the maximum number of reply IDs |
| CONTROL M,UEXIT |
Changing or displaying the status of WTO installation exit IEAVMXIT |
| CONTROL N,PFK |
Changing a PFK definition |
| CONTROL Q |
Deleting message queues |
| CONTROL S |
Changing or displaying message deletion and format specifications |
| CONTROL
V |
Changing the operating mode of a console |
The following CONTROL commands have no effect on extended MCS consoles or on system consoles,
and are not valid for managing these consoles:
- K A
- K C,D
- K D
- K E
- K N,PFK
- K Q
- K S
- CON=
- SEG=
- DEL=
- RNUM=
- RTME=
- K V,USE
Many of the functions of the CONTROL command are controlled at
IPL by parameters in the CONSOLxx parmlib member. Accompanying the
descriptions of some operands on the CONTROL command are the corresponding
parameters in CONSOLxx. If you need more information about the parameters
in CONSOLxx, see z/OS MVS Planning: Operations and z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference. See Defining and changing console characteristics for more information about using the CONTROL
command.