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&CONTROL STATEMENT                                               EXEC statement

Use the &CONTROL control statement to specify the amount of data to be
displayed in the execution summary of an EXEC.  The format of the &CONTROL
control statement is:
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| &CONTROL  | [CMS|ALL|ERROR|OFF]  [NOTIME|TIME]  [MSG|NOMSG]  [PACK|NOPACK]  |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
where:

CMS      displays each CMS command as it is executed and all nonzero return
         codes.  This is the default.

ALL      displays CMS commands and EXEC executable statements as they execute
         as well as any nonzero return codes from CMS commands.

ERROR    displays only those CMS commands that result in an error and also
         displays the error message and the return code.

OFF      suppresses the display of CMS commands and EXEC control statements as
         they execute and of any return codes that may result from CMS
         commands.

TIME
         includes the time-of-day value with each CMS command printed in the
         execution summary; for example:
            14:36:30 TYPE A B
         This operand is effective only if CMS or ALL is also specified.

NOTIME   does not include the time-of-day value with CMS commands printed in
         the execution summary.  This is the default.

MSG      does not suppress the "FILE NOT FOUND" message if it is issued by the
         following commands when they are invoked from an EXEC procedure:
         ERASE, LISTFILE, RENAME, or STATE.  This is the default.

NOMSG    suppresses the "FILE NOT FOUND" message from the above-named commands.

PACK     packs the lines of the execution summary so that surplus blanks are
         removed from the displayed lines.  This is the default.

NOPACK   does not pack the lines of the execution summary.


Usage Notes:

1.  The execution summary may consist of CP and CMS commands, responses, error
    messages, and return codes, as well as EXEC control statements and
    assignment statements.  When EXEC statements are displayed, they are
    displayed in their scanned format, with all variable symbols substituted.

2.  Each operand remains set until explicitly reset by another &CONTROL
    statement that specifies a conflicting operand.  When &CONTROL is used with
    no operands, all operands are reset to their default values.

3.  There is no global setting for &CONTROL.  When an EXEC is nested within
    another EXEC, the execution summary is controlled by the nested EXEC's
    &CONTROL setting.  When control returns to the outer EXEC, the original
    &CONTROL setting is restored.