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GCMDELXT

This routine lets you change the way CA MIC selects action messages to be deleted. By using this exit routine, you can override the SETOPTION DELETEINTERVAL value for specific messages, causing them to be deleted either earlier or later than they would have been. The current value for SETOPTION AUTODELETE controls which messages can be deleted by this exit routine.

Note: Because CA MIC does not automatically delete WTOR messages, this exit routine has no effect on them.

CA MIC normally deletes action messages according to a time-period set on the SETOPTION DELETEINTERVAL command. By using the GCMDELXT exit routine, you can:

• Delete highlighted messages before they become obsolete
• Unconditionally retain critical action messages (such as tape mount messages) that should not be deleted automatically

CA MIC invokes the GCMDELXT routine approximately once a minute, which causes this exit routine to delete messages within two minutes of when a message is issued. If CA MIC invokes the routine just after a message has been issued, that message is deleted almost immediately.