PSW DEBUG subcommand Use the PSW subcommand to display the contents of the PSW (program status word). The format of the PSW subcommand is: +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PSW | | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ Usage Notes: 1. If the debug environment was entered because of a program interruption, the program old PSW is displayed. If the debug environment was entered because of an external interruption, the external old PSW is displayed. If the debug environment was entered for any other reason, the following is displayed in response to the PSW subcommand: 01000000xxxxxxxx where the 1 in the first byte means that external interruptions are allowed and xxxxxxxx is the hexadecimal storage address of the debug program. 2. The PSW contains some information not contained in storage or registers but required for proper program execution. In general, the PSW is used to control instruction sequencing and to hold and indicate the status of the system in relation to the program currently executing.