Command syntax check

When the status line shows command syntax check , it indicates that the command entered on the command input line has been syntax checked but is not about to be processed.

This is always the status if you enter CECS or if you precede your command with a question mark. It is also the status when the syntax check of the command gives severe error messages.

In addition, you get this status if you attempt to execute one of the commands that the interpreter cannot execute. Although any command can be syntax-checked, using either CECS or CECI, the interpreter cannot process the following commands any further:
  • EXEC CICS commands that depend upon an environment that the interpreter does not provide:
    • FREE
    • FREEMAIN
    • GETMAIN
    • HANDLE ABEND
    • HANDLE AID
    • HANDLE CONDITION
    • IGNORE CONDITION
    • POP HANDLE
    • PUSH HANDLE
    • SEND LAST
    • SEND PARTNSET
    • WAITCICS
    • WAIT EVENT
    • WAIT EXTERNAL
  • BMS commands that refer to partitions (because the display cannot be restored after the screen is partitioned)
  • EXEC DLI
  • CPI Communication (CPI-C) commands
  • SAA Resource Recovery interface (CPI-RR) commands