&AOMSALRT

A system variable that indicates whether or not the current message was sourced by the &AOMALERT verb.

If an AOMPROC needs to know whether or not a particular message is sourced by the &AOMALERT verb, this system variable is used. Thus, AOMPROC can prevent critical actions being taken because of counterfeit messages.

&AOMSALRT contains YES if the current message was sourced by an &AOMALERT verb. In all other cases, it is set to NO.

Example: &AOMSALRT

.LOOP 
&AOMREAD SET 
&IF &AOMSALRT = YES &THEN &GOTO .LOOP -* ignore
 .
 .
 .

Note: There is no way to alter the setting of this system variable. It is always set to YES for messages sourced by &AOMALERT, and to NO for all messages originating from the operating system.

More information:

&AOMALERT