MESSAGECASE statement

Use the MESSAGECASE statement to specify whether to convert output into uppercase for the FTP server and some TSO commands.

Syntax


                                  .-MIXED-.   
>>-+--------------+--MESSAGECASE--+-UPPER-+--------------------><
   '-system-name:-'

system_name:: The name of the system to which this statement applies. See system_name considerations for a complete description of this parameter.
Requirement: The colon is required.
MIXED: Indicates that output should be displayed in mixed case. This is the default.
UPPER: Indicates that output should be displayed in uppercase.

To display all messages to the MVSTEST system in uppercase, use the following code:

MVSTEST: MESSAGECASE UPPER

If you specify MIXED, no case conversion is performed on output.
If the MESSAGECASE statement is not specified, is specified incorrectly, if MIXED or UPPER is not specified, or if TCPIP.DATA is not accessible, then mixed case output is displayed.
All Writer To Operator (WTO) messages issued by the TCPIP stack are displayed in uppercase and are not affected by the MESSAGECASE value.
Additionally, the MESSAGECASE statement can be set from the z/OS® shell environment by exporting the MESSAGECASE environment variable. The MESSAGECASE environment variable is not supported by all functions. This is shown in the following example:
```
                         .-MIXED-.   
>>-export--MESSAGECASE=--+-UPPER-+-----------------------------><
```
The setting of the MESSAGECASE as an environment variable overrides any setting found in TCPIP.DATA. If MESSAGECASE is not defined as an environment variable or as a statement in TCPIP.DATA, the WTO message remains in mixed case.