Operational Commands

The Timer Utility has a z/OS console interface for assisting in the control of the Timer execution and allowing continuous processing.

The following table describes the console commands that control the execution of the Request-Reply Timer Utility.

Request-Reply Timer Console Commands
Console Command Description
SHUT or TERM Terminates the execution of Request-Reply Timer Utility.
STATS Prints all current totals and statistics.
REFRESH Prints all the current totals and statistics and resets or clears counters and storage for the next capture interval.
PRTLVL=# Changes the current print level to the value specified by #. The valid values are from 0 to 5.

Two examples are listed as follows:

  • F timer job name,SHUT or P timer job name
  • F timer job name,PRTLVL=3