Memory Dump Routine
SIMOSNAP - The COBOL Source Code
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  Introduction
  SIMOSNAP, What it Does
  SIMOSNAP, How To Use
  Requirements & Prerequisites
  The COBOL Source Code
  Summary
  Software Agreement and Disclaimer
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This document describes the function and usage of the SIMOSNAP module. A listing of the COBOL source code for the SIMOSNAP routine is included.


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The SIMOSNAP routine (or callable program) is a callable memory dump routine for a linear area of memory. Its primary purpose is to dump the working storage section of a program but may be used to dump other areas of memory or partial areas of working storage. A secondary purpose is to calculate the size of the memory area.

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Two copy files are provided to define the "eye-catcher" fields in the COBOL Working Storage Section. The copy statements will create fields that will be used by the SimoSNAP routine to determine the start and stop addresses for the memory dump.

The first copy statement (STSNAPB1.cpy) should be the first statement in the COBOL Working Storage Section. The second copy statement (STSNAPB2.cpy) should be the last statement in the COBOL Working Storage Section.

       WORKING STORAGE.
      *The following should be the first statement in Working Storage.
       COPY STSNAPB1

      *...
      *The User's Working Storage Definitions go here...
      *...

      *The following should be the last statement in Working Storage.
       COPY STSNAPB2.

The coding to do the actual call to display and log the snap dump information is as follows.

      *****************************************************************
      *    The coding required to do the call to the File Status Routine.
      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
           call 'SIMOSNAP' using STSNAP-START STSNAP-CEASE

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The SIMOSNAP program was created and tested on an intel system with Microsoft Windows/XP and Micro Focus Net Express. This packet uses members that are part of "The SIMOMODS Series" of callable programs. Therefore, the SIMOMODS packet should be installed prior to running programs that use SIMOSNAP.

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The following (SIMOSNAP.cbl) is the COBOL Source Code.

      *set dialect(MF) assign(external) nooptional-file
       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID.    SIMOSNAP.
       AUTHOR.        SIMOTIME TECHNOLOGIES.
      *****************************************************************
      * SOURCE MODULE SIMOSNAP.CBL
      *****************************************************************
      * SIMOSNAP - Displays a message and does a GOBACK.
      *
      * DESCRIPTION
      * -----------
      * This program will display a message and force an ABEND with
      * a GOBACK or STOP RUN. The RETURN-CODE will be set to 16.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      * MAINTENANCE
      * -----------
      * 1999/03/89 Simmons, Created program.
      * 1999/03/89 Simmons, No changes to date.
      *
      *****************************************************************
       DATA DIVISION.
      *****************************************************************
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *    Data-structure for Title and Copyright...
      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
       01  SIM-TITLE.
           05  T1 pic X(11) value '* SIMOSNAP '.
           05  T2 pic X(34) value 'User callable memory dump routine' .
           05  T3 pic X(10) value ' v10.06.08'.
           05  T4 pic X(24) value ' http://www.simotime.com'.
       01  SIM-COPYRIGHT.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* SIMOSNAP '.
           05  C2 pic X(20) value 'Copyright 1987-2019 '.
           05  C3 pic X(28) value '   SimoTime Technologies    '.
           05  C4 pic X(20) value ' All Rights Reserved'.

       01  FLAGS-FOR-SNAPCALL.
           05  FLAG-FOR-DISPLAY    pic X       value 'Y'.
           05  FLAG-FOR-JOURNAL    pic X       value 'Y'.
           05  FLAG-FOR-STACK      pic X       value 'N'.
           05  FLAG-FOR-KEEP-OPEN  pic X       value 'Y'.
      *                                        O=Offset
      *                                        F-Flip
      *                                        N=Native
           05  FLAG-FOR-ADDR-FMT   pic X       value 'O'.

      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
      *    Buffer used for posting dump information to the console.
       01  DUMP-BUFFER.
           05  DUMP-TEXT           pic X(79).

      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
      *    Message Buffer used by the Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT routine.
       01  MESSAGE-BUFFER.
           05  MESSAGE-HEADER      pic X(11)   value '* SIMOSNAP '.
           05  MESSAGE-TEXT.
               10  MESSAGE-TEXT-1  pic X(68)   value SPACES.
               10  MESSAGE-TEXT-2  pic X(188)  value SPACES.

       01  SYSSNAP-OPEN-FLAG       pic X       value 'N'.

       01  FIRST-TIME              pic X       value 'Y'.

       01  MESSAGE-LENGTH          pic 9(5)    value 1024.

       01  RMO-1                   pic 9(7)    value 0.

       01  TWO-BYTES.
           05  TWO-BYTES-01        pic X.
           05  TWO-BYTES-02        pic X.
       01  TWO-BYTES-BINARY        redefines   TWO-BYTES
                                   pic S9(3)   comp.

       01  IX-0           pic 9999 value 0.
       01  IX-1           pic 9999 value 0.
       01  IX-2           pic 9999 value 0.
       01  IX-3           pic 9999 value 0.
       01  IX-4           pic 9999 value 0.
       01  IX-5           pic 9999 value 0.

       01  PT-1           pic 9999 value 0.
       01  PT-2           pic 9999 value 0.

       01  MEM-ADDR-OFFSET         pic 9(7)    value 0.

       01  WA-5                    pic X(5)    value is SPACES.

       01  BUFFER-LENGTH           pic 9999    value 0.
       01  LINE-LENGTH             pic 9999    value 0.

       01  MEM-ADDRESS.
           05  MEM-ADDRESS-PTR usage POINTER.

       01  MEM-ADDR-G-OFFSET.
           05  MEM-ADDR-V-OFFSET   pic S9(9)   comp    value 0.

       01  SNAP-LINE.
           05  filler pic X(10)    value '@SimoSNAP '.
           05  filler pic X(24)    value 'by SimoTime Technologies'.
           05  filler pic X(45)    value all '*'.

       01  SNAP-LINE-02.
           05  filler pic X(10)    value '@SimoSNAP '.
           05  filler pic X(20)    value 'Dump Buffer Size is '.
           05  WS-MEMORY-LENGTH    pic 9(7)    value 0.

       01  DUMP-HEADER.
           05  filler pic X value '@'.
           05  H1 pic X(8)  value 'Hex-Addr'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  H2 pic X(35) value 'Hex..... ........ ........ ........'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  H3 pic X(16) value 'ebcdic..........'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  H4 pic X(16) value 'ascii...........'.

       01  DUMP-LINE.
           05  filler pic X value '@'.
           05  D1 pic X(8)  value 'aaaaaaaa'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  D2 pic X(35) value 'xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  D3 pic X(16) value '................'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  D4 pic X(16) value '................'.

       01  X-DUMP-LINE.
           05  filler pic X value '@'.
           05  X1 pic X(8)  value 'aaaaaaaa'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  X2 pic X(35) value 'xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  X3 pic X(16) value '................'.
           05  filler pic X value ' '.
           05  X4 pic X(16) value '................'.

       COPY HEXTABLE.

      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
      *    Uses COMP-5 for "Little Endian" format.
       01  STSNAP-START-X.
           05  STSNAP-START-PTR   usage pointer.
       01  STSNAP-START-5         redefines STSNAP-START-X.
           05  STSNAP-START-CP5   pic S9(5)   COMP-5.

       01  STSNAP-CEASE-X.
           05  STSNAP-CEASE-PTR   usage pointer.
       01  STSNAP-CEASE-5         redefines STSNAP-CEASE-X.
           05  STSNAP-CEASE-CP5   pic S9(5)   COMP-5.

      *****************************************************************
       LINKAGE SECTION.
       01  STSNAP-START   pic X(16).
       01  STSNAP-CEASE   pic X(16).

      *****************************************************************
       PROCEDURE DIVISION using STSNAP-START STSNAP-CEASE.

           move SIM-TITLE to MESSAGE-BUFFER
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-BUFFER
           move SIM-COPYRIGHT to MESSAGE-BUFFER
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-BUFFER

           evaluate FLAG-FOR-ADDR-FMT
             when 'F'      move 'Hex-Addr' to H1
             when 'O'      move 'Hex-Disp' to H1
             when 'N'      move 'Hex-Addr' to H1
             when other    move 'Hex-Addr' to H1
           end-evaluate

           move SNAP-LINE to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT-79.

           if  STSNAP-START(1:16) not = 'STSNAP-START-TAG'
           or  STSNAP-CEASE(1:16) not = 'STSNAP-CEASE-TAG'
               move '@SimoSNAP has received an invalid request'
               to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT-79
               GOBACK
           end-if.

           set STSNAP-START-PTR to address of STSNAP-START
           set STSNAP-CEASE-PTR to address of STSNAP-CEASE

           subtract STSNAP-START-CP5 from STSNAP-CEASE-CP5
           giving WS-MEMORY-LENGTH
           add 16 to WS-MEMORY-LENGTH

           move SNAP-LINE-02 to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT-79.

           move DUMP-HEADER to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT-79

           perform DUMP-PROCESSING

           GOBACK.

      *****************************************************************
       DUMP-PROCESSING.
           add 1 to ZERO giving IX-0
           add 1 to ZERO giving IX-1
           add 1 to ZERO giving IX-5
           add WS-MEMORY-LENGTH to ZERO giving BUFFER-LENGTH
           if  BUFFER-LENGTH greater than 15
               add 16 to ZERO giving LINE-LENGTH
           else
               add BUFFER-LENGTH to ZERO giving LINE-LENGTH
           end-if
           set MEM-ADDRESS-PTR to address of STSNAP-START
           move ZERO to MEM-ADDR-V-OFFSET
           perform until BUFFER-LENGTH = 0
               add 1  to ZERO giving PT-1
               evaluate FLAG-FOR-ADDR-FMT
                 when 'F'      add 7 to ZERO giving PT-2
                 when 'O'      add 1 to ZERO giving PT-2
                 when 'N'      add 1 to ZERO giving PT-2
                 when other    add 1 to ZERO giving PT-2
               end-evaluate
               add 1  to ZERO giving IX-4
               move X-DUMP-LINE to DUMP-LINE
               perform 4 times
                 subtract TWO-BYTES-BINARY from TWO-BYTES-BINARY
                 evaluate FLAG-FOR-ADDR-FMT
                   when 'F'    move MEM-ADDRESS(PT-1:1) to TWO-BYTES-02
                   when 'O'    move MEM-ADDR-G-OFFSET(PT-1:1)
                                 to TWO-BYTES-02
                   when 'N'    move MEM-ADDRESS(PT-1:1) to TWO-BYTES-02
                   when other  move MEM-ADDRESS(PT-1:1) to TWO-BYTES-02
                 end-evaluate
                 add TWO-BYTES-BINARY to 1 giving IX-5
                 move TAB-X1(IX-5) to WA-5
                 move WA-5(1:2) to D1(PT-2:2)
                 add 1 to PT-1
                 evaluate FLAG-FOR-ADDR-FMT
                   when 'F'      subtract 2 from PT-2
                   when 'O'      add 2 to PT-2
                   when 'N'      add 2 to PT-2
                   when other    add 2 to PT-2
                 end-evaluate
               end-perform

               add 1  to ZERO giving IX-2
               add 1  to ZERO giving IX-3
               perform DUMP-SINGLE-LINE
               if  BUFFER-LENGTH greater than 15
                   subtract 16 from BUFFER-LENGTH
               else
                   subtract BUFFER-LENGTH from BUFFER-LENGTH
               end-if
               if  BUFFER-LENGTH greater than 15
                   add 16 to ZERO giving LINE-LENGTH
               else
                   add BUFFER-LENGTH to ZERO giving LINE-LENGTH
               end-if
               set MEM-ADDRESS-PTR up by 16
                 evaluate FLAG-FOR-ADDR-FMT
                   when 'F'    set MEM-ADDRESS-PTR up by 16
                   when 'O'    add 16 to MEM-ADDR-V-OFFSET
                   when 'N'    set MEM-ADDRESS-PTR up by 16
                   when other  set MEM-ADDRESS-PTR up by 16
                 end-evaluate
           end-perform
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       DUMP-SINGLE-LINE.
           perform until LINE-LENGTH = 0
      *        Get table element
               subtract TWO-BYTES-BINARY from TWO-BYTES-BINARY
               move STSNAP-START(IX-1:1) to TWO-BYTES-02
               add TWO-BYTES-BINARY to 1 giving IX-5
               move TAB-X1(IX-5) to WA-5
               move WA-5(1:2) to D2(IX-2:2)
      *        Increment to next position in hex-dump area of buffer
               add 2 to IX-2
               if  IX-2 = 9
               or  IX-2 = 18
               or  IX-2 = 27
                   add 1 to IX-2
               end-if
      *        EBCDIC Print Character and increment to next position
               move WA-5(3:1) to D3(IX-3:1)
               add 1 to IX-3
      *        ASCII  Print Character and increment to next position
               move WA-5(4:1) to D4(IX-4:1)
               add 1 to IX-4
      *        Increment pointer to next input buffer byte
               add 1 to IX-1
               subtract 1 from LINE-LENGTH
           end-perform
           move DUMP-LINE to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT-79
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * Display CONSOLE messages...                                   *
      *****************************************************************
       Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-BUFFER.
           if  MESSAGE-TEXT-2 = SPACES
               display MESSAGE-BUFFER(1:79)
           else
               display MESSAGE-BUFFER
           end-if
           move all SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.
      *---------------------------------------------------------------*
       Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT-79.
           display MESSAGE-TEXT(1:79)
           move all SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.

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