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BMP Versus WTOR Output Displays

There are two minor differences in the way the IMS presents the output of IMS commands when using the BMP instead of the WTOR:

• When a command is issued from the WTOR, its output has the IMS ID appended to the end of each line. Using the BMP, the IMS presents the output in the same manner, except the IMS ID is not appended to the end of each line; rather, a period, which is used as a placeholder, is appended.
• The IMS BMP handles the following command output in a different way:

  "DFS058I hh:mm:ss cmd COMMAND {COMPLETED|IN PROGRESS EXCEPT....}"
  

  When a command results in a DFS058I message with no exceptions (for example, COMMAND COMPLETED or IN PROGRESS), the IMS presents a blank line to the BMP; the blank line forces the BMP to return the message DFS058I COMMAND IN PROGRESS.

  When there is an exception (for example, START COMMAND COMPLETED EXCEPT PROGRAM XYZ), the output message is identical, except it does not have the IMS ID appended to the end of each line.