Change Device Desc (Async) (CHGDEVASC)

Where allowed to run: All environments (*ALL)
Threadsafe: No 		Parameters
Examples
Error messages

The Change Device Description Asynchronous (CHGDEVASC) command changes a device description for an asynchronous (ASYNC) device.

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Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
DEVD Device description Name Required, Key, Positional 1
ONLINE Online at IPL *SAME, *YES, *NO Optional
TEXT Text 'description' Character value, *SAME, *BLANK Optional
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Device description (DEVD)

Specifies the name of the device description being changed.

This is a required parameter.

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Online at IPL (ONLINE)

Specifies whether this object is automatically varied on at initial program load (IPL).

*SAME
The value does not change.
*YES
This device is varied on automatically at IPL.
*NO
This device is not varied on automatically at IPL.
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Text 'description' (TEXT)

*SAME
The text (if any) does not change.
*BLANK
No text is specified.
character-value
Specify no more than 50 characters of text, enclosed in apostrophes.
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Examples 

CHGDEVASC   DEVD(ASC003)  ONLINE(*YES)

This command changes the device description for asynchronous device ASC003 so it is automatically varied on at IPL.

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Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF2618
Device description &1 not changed.
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