- SESSION.MODE

Get Kernel Mode

General Property

Different under S/390 environments

Purpose

SESSION.MODE returns the mode in which the kernel is running. For non-S/390 environments, the valid modes are:

Batch
Standard
Component

For non-S/390 environments, the following modes can be returned:

S/390 Session modes

Mode	Meaning
Batch	S/390 PROIV running in batch
Standard	Online, interactive PROIV session under CICS/ESA
Component	S/390 PROIV called from a distributed application via the PROIV Kernel Manager component
API	S/390 PROIV called from another CICS or S/390-based application via the PROIV supplied API module.

Syntax

<string-variable> = SESSION.MODE

Remarks

Component mode indicates execution is via the PROIV Bus.

Example

$A = SESSION.MODE

If $A = “BATCH", the kernel is executing in batch mode
If $A = "COMPONENT", the kernel is in component mode
If $A = "STANDARD", the kernel is in standard mode

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