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A software trace facility for OS/MVT
Author(s) -
Bowie William S.,
Linders J. G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380090704
Subject(s) - tracing , trace (psycholinguistics) , computer science , software , operating system , ibm , software engineering , programming language , philosophy , linguistics , materials science , nanotechnology
This paper describes a software trace facility (STF) developed to provide data about the flow of control between modules of the IBM System/360 operating system OS/MVT. The motivation for STF is discussed and a brief Introduction to OS/MVT presented to show how STF interfaces with the operating system. The output of the program is illustrated and some details of the program logic are discussed together with the tracing options available to the user. The paper then describes some potential applications.