TECH

TECH

This command is used to display the following technical and other information about your Natural session:

  • user ID

  • library ID

  • Natural version (see also Version in the Glossary)

  • startup transaction

  • Natural Security indicator

  • Natural editors: Indicates whether the Natural program, data area, and map editors are disabled or enabled (see *EDITOR system variable )

  • operating system name and version

  • machine class

  • hardware

  • IBM architecture level supported on the current IBM processor (z/OS)

    0 (zero) denotes that architecture levels are not supported.

  • TP monitor (z/OS and Windows (*TPSYS) in remote configuration only)

  • device type

  • terminal ID (z/OS and Windows in remote configuration only)

  • code page

  • locale

  • last command issued

  • information on the last error that occurred

  • names, database IDs, and file numbers of all currently active steplibs

  • names, types and levels of the currently active Natural object and all objects on higher levels, as well as the line numbers of the statements invoking the subordinate objects (z/OS and Linux only).

Notes:

  1. For character-user-interface applications only: To display this information from any point in an application, you can use the terminal command %<TECH.
  2. This command is also available in a remote session. All information can be read in batch mode.

Application programming interface: USR2026N. See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation.