Using the PROMPT Function

When your profile allows for prompting, the PROMPT function can set the prompting option on or off for interactive TSO/E commands, or it can return the type of prompting previously set. When prompting is on, execs can issue TSO/E commands that prompt the user for missing operands.

The PROMPT function can be used only in REXX execs that run in the TSO/E address space.

To set the prompting option on, use the PROMPT function followed by the word "ON" enclosed within parentheses.

x = PROMPT('ON')     /* x is set to the previous setting of prompt */
                     /*      and sets the current setting to ON    */

To set prompting off, substitute the word "OFF" for "ON".

To find out if prompting is available for TSO/E interactive commands, use the PROMPT function followed by empty parentheses.

x = PROMPT()         /* x is set to ON or OFF */

The PROMPT function overrides the NOPROMPT operand of the EXEC command, but it cannot override a NOPROMPT operand in your TSO/E profile. To display your profile, issue the PROFILE command. To change a profile from NOPROMPT to PROMPT, issue:

PROFILE PROMPT