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COMPARE PROGRAM Report

The report generated by COMPARE PROGRAM consists of the following three parts:

• Global program information—information that applies to the entire program
• Section information—information specific to each section
• Summary information—global compare statistics

For more information on Binder, how it structures programs and the meaning of the reported fields, refer to IBM publication “MVS Program Management: Advanced Facilities.”

Global Program Information

The global program information at the beginning of the report shows the results of the comparison of the global program properties.

Program information

Identifies the program's total size and link date as follows:

TOTALSIZE–Identifies the report size as an 8-byte hexadecimal value

LINKDATE–Identifies the report date in YYYY.DDD format and the time in 24-hour hh:mm:ss format

Note: The time may not be available for old load modules

ENTRYPOINT

Identifies the entry point name, the section in which it is located, and the hexadecimal offset within that section.

Note: With CSECTCOMPARE(BYNAME), the section name is reported. With CSECTCOMPARE(BYORDER), the section number is reported. For more information about the CSECTCOMPARE keyword, see COMPARE Command Keywords Summary.

Attributes

Identifies the following program attributes:

RENT or NORENT–Reentrancy

REUS or NOREUS–Usability

REFR or NOREFR–Refreshability

AMODE–Addressing mode

RMODE–Residence mode

AC–Authorization code

SSI–System status index

Section Information

The section information contains details about the compare results for each section in the program. The following list describes the sample text from the compare report.

+++++++++ Section <name>

Marks the start of the section

CSECTNAME <name>

Identifies the section name

CSECTSIZE <size>

Shows the section size as an 8-byte hexadecimal value

TRANSLATOR <id>

Shows the identification of the translator or compiler

CSECTDATE <date>

Shows the date on which the section was generated in YYYY.DDD format

Binder class <class_name>

Identifies the name of the binder class

Note: Each of the binder classes that contain data has a section in the report identifying the name of the binder class followed by the results of the comparison of the binder class data.