Display Subsystem Description (DSPSBSD)

The Display Subsystem Description (DSPSBSD) command displays the information contained in a subsystem description. The types of information (which are shown on separate displays) include: operational attributes, pool definitions, autostart job entries, work station entries (by name and type), job queue entries, routing entries, communications entries, remote location entries, and prestart job entries. If this command is entered in a batch job, all available information is printed with the job's spooled output.

Restrictions:

  1. To use this command, you must have:
    • object operational (*OBJOPR) and read (*READ) authority to the specified subsystem description and execute (*EXECUTE) authority to the library containing that subsystem description.

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
SBSD Subsystem description Qualified object name Required, Positional 1
Qualifier 1: Subsystem description Name
Qualifier 2: Library Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
OUTPUT Output *, *PRINT Optional, Positional 2

Subsystem description (SBSD)

Specifies the name and library of the subsystem description being displayed.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Subsystem description

name
Specify the name of the subsystem description.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL
All libraries in the thread's library list are searched until a match is found.
*CURLIB
The current library for the thread is used to locate the subsystem description. If no library is specified as the current library for the thread, library QGPL is used.
name
Specify the library where the subsystem description is located.

Output (OUTPUT)

Specifies whether the output from the command is displayed at the requesting work station or printed with the job's spooled output.

*
The output is displayed (if requested by an interactive job) or printed with the job's spooled output (if requested by a batch job).
*PRINT
The output is printed with the job's spooled output.

Examples

DSPSBSD   SBSD(LIB6/ORDER)  OUTPUT(*)

This command (if entered from a batch job) sends a complete set of display information about the subsystem description named ORDER (stored in LIB6 library) to the job's spooling queue for printing. The information includes the subsystem's attributes, all of the job entries, and all of the routing entries currently in the subsystem description. If the command is entered in an interactive job, the subsystem description menu is shown on a display from which an option may be chosen.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF1619
Subsystem description &1 in library &2 damaged.
CPF1692
Subsystem description &1 not displayed.
CPF9850
Override of printer file &1 not allowed.
CPF9851
Overflow value for file &1 in &2 too small.
CPF9861
Output file &1 created in library &2.
CPF9871
Error occurred while processing.