vThe STEPLIB DD statement

Specify the name of the Transaction Affinities Utility load library in which you have installed the Scanner program, CAULMS.

vThe INPUT DD statement

Specify the name of the load library to be scanned.

vThe SYSPRINT DD statement

Specify the destination for the detailed report.

vThe AFFMOD DD dummy statement You do not need this for a detailed run.

vThe DETAIL DD statement

Specify the name of the data set containing the list of modules to be scanned. This list may be created initially as the output from a summary run of the Scanner. If you specify ALL on the PARM statement, change the DETAIL DD statement to specify //DETAIL DD DUMMY.

Contents of a detailed report

Each detailed report contains a section for each module, with:

vA header line giving the name, size, and entry point of the module

vA line for each possible affinity-causing command found, giving:

±The offset of the command argument zero declaration from the start of the load module.

Note: This offset is not the same as the offset given by the Reporter; the offset given by the Reporter is for the command itself. (See page 45 and page 71.)

±The contents of the command argument zero declaration (in hexadecimal).

±The EDF DEBUG line number, if present. This can provide a useful clue for identifying false affinities. If a section of a load module was translated with the DEBUG option, EDF DEBUG line numbers are given. For such a module, if no DEBUG line number is given, this may indicate that what was found was not an argument zero.

±What the command appears to be (for example, WRITEQ TS).

±Whether the affinity is inter-transaction (Trans), or transaction-system (System).

vA line for each possible MVS POST command found, giving:

±The offset of the MVS POST command from the start of the load module

±The MVS POST instruction

±The 12 bytes of storage immediately before, and the 10 bytes after, the MVS POST command

±Whether the MVS POST is SVC or otherwise

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