Syntax of the DTST transaction

The DTST transaction displays storage in a memory window. You can navigate through the storage area and modify storage.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramDTSTbase_address,request
base_address
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramP=program_nameaddressBASE+-displacement*@
request
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramrequest_lettermodifier =value

The following list describes the parameters:

address
A hexadecimal value for a 31-bit address (for example, 45CB0) or for a 64-bit address using underscore notation (for example 48_40B00000).
BASE
The value of the base address of the previously entered DTST command, which ran successfully.
displacement
A one to eight character hexadecimal value.
modifier
Indicates the direction in which to conduct the action. The default is forward, which means an increasing value. For the backward direction, use the negative sign (-).
P
Indicates that you are specifying the name of a program and you want the starting address of that program to be used as the base address.
program_name
Name of a program.
request_letter
Indicates the action you want DTST to take. The request_letter can be one of the following characters:
P
Indicates that you want DTST to page up or down.
S
Indicates that you want DTST to search through storage and stop when it finds the target. The S request has the following syntax:
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value
Hexadecimal or decimal value or a string enclosed in quotation marks (") or apostrophes ('). It is used to indicate the number of pages you want DTST to scroll or the target of a search.