Log window

 LOG 0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6 LINE: 6 OF 14
 0007  MONITOR
 0008    LIST PROGRAM-USHORT-BIN ;
 0009  MONITOR
 0010    LIST PROGRAM-SSHORT-BIN ;
 0011  AT 75 ;
 0012  AT 77 ;
 0013  AT 79 ;
 0014  GO ;

The Log window records and displays your interactions with z/OS® Debugger.

At the beginning of a debug session, if you have specified any of the following files, the Log window displays messages indicating the beginning and end of any commands issued from these files:

  • global preferences file
  • preferences file
  • commands file

If a global preferences file exists, the data set name of the global preferences file is displayed.

The following commands are not recorded in the Log window.

  • PANEL
  • FIND
  • CURSOR
  • RETRIEVE
  • SCROLL
  • WINDOW
  • IMMEDIATE
  • QUERY prefix command
  • SHOW prefix command

If SET INTERCEPT ON is in effect for a file, that file's output also appears in the Log window.

You can optionally exclude STEP and GO commands from the log by specifying SET ECHO OFF.

Commands that can be used with IMMEDIATE, such as the SCROLL and WINDOW commands, are excluded from the Log window.

By default, the Log window keeps 1000 lines for display. The default value can be changed by one of the following methods:

  • The system administrator changes it through a global preferences file.
  • You can change it through a preferences file.
  • You can change it by entering SET LOG KEEP n, where n is the number of lines you want kept for display

The maximum number of lines is determined by the amount of storage available.

The labeled header line for each window contains a scale and a line counter. If you scroll a window horizontally, the scale also scrolls to indicate the columns displayed in the window. The line counter indicates the line number at the top of a window and the total number of lines in that window. If you scroll a window vertically, the line counter reflects the top line number currently displayed in that window.