Why NCL verbs &WRITEA/&WRITEH/&WRITEM/&WRITEL are not described on product doc but still work?

Products

• CMDB for z/OS
• NetSpy Network Performance
• NetMaster Network Automation
• SOLVE
• NetMaster Network Management for SNA
• NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP
• NetMaster File Transfer Management

Issue/Introduction

There could be various NCLs in a NetMaster site that still use old format

NCL verbs &WRITEA/&WRITEH/&WRITEM/&WRITEL--and work as coded.

Why old format NCL verbs &WRITEA/&WRITEH/&WRITEM/&WRITEL are

not described on the NetMaster documentation but still work as coded?

Environment

Release: SLOPFC00200-12.1-NetMaster-File Transfer Management
Component:

Resolution

Old &WRITEA/&WRITEH/&WRITEM/&WRITEL verbs are no longer documented

but they are still supported for backward compatibility. 

 

The current verb (that has replaced them) is &WRITE (used with operands).

Additional Information

Please review the &WRITE verb at this DocOps location:

 

https://docops.ca.com/ca-netmaster-shared-content-library/12-1/en/ncl-reference/verbs-and-built-in-functions/write