WTO statement
The WTO (Write to Operator) statement sends a message to the z/OS® console without waiting for a reply.
The following table shows the format for the WTO statement.
| Column | Function | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Identifies control statement | WTO | WTO statement. |
| 4 | Reserved | b | |
| 5-72 | Message to send | Message to be written to the system console. | |
| 73-80 | Sequence indication | nnnnnnnn | For SYSIN2 statement override. |
Example of WTO statement
This WTO statement sends a message to the z/OS console and continues the test stream.
|---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----<
WTO AT A WTO
WITHIN TEST STREAM --WTO NUMBER 1-- TEST STARTED