CALL command

The CALL command calls either a procedure, entry name, or program name, or it requests that a utility function be run. The C and C++ equivalent for CALL is a function reference. PL/I subroutines or functions cannot be called dynamically during a z/OS® Debugger session. The CALL keyword cannot be abbreviated.

In C++, calls can be made to any user function provided that the function is declared with the following syntax:

extern "C"

In COBOL, the CALL command cannot be issued when z/OS Debugger is at initialization.

The following table summarizes the forms of the CALL command.

Command	Description
`CALL %CEBR command`	Starts the CICS® Temporary Storage Browser Program.
`CALL %CECI command`	Starts the CICS Command Level Interpreter Program.
`CALL %DUMP command`	Calls a dump service to obtain a formatted dump.
`CALL %FA command`	Calls IBM® Fault Analyzer to provide a formatted dump of the current machine state.
`CALL %HOGAN command`	Starts Computer Sciences Corporation's KORE-HOGAN application.
`CALL %VER command`	Adds a line to the log describing the maintenance level of z/OS Debugger that you have installed on your system.
`CALL entry_name command (COBOL)`	Calls an entry name in the application program (COBOL).
`CALL procedure command`	Calls a procedure that has been defined with the `PROCEDURE` command.