How to tell if a kernel is ASCII or Unicode?

[Former Member]

I know this is a simple question but I don't know how to obtain the answer.

On a 4.70 x110 system, how do you tell if the current kernel is ASCII or Unicode? We are still trying to upgrade our kernel from 6.20 to 6.40 in order to upgrade the OS to v6.1.

Thanks in advance,

Robert

[volker_gldenpfennig · Accepted solution]

Hi Robert,

you can see it in the dtaara KERNEL:

 
 Datenbereich  . . . . . :   KERNEL       
   Bibliothek  . . . . . :     R3700I0211 
 Art . . . . . . . . . . :   *CHAR        
 Länge . . . . . . . . . :   50           
 Text  . . . . . . . . . :                
                                          
            Wert                          
 Offset      *...+....1....+....2....+....
     0      '1R7007U01700V5R3M000211      

You can see it in the U or A at position 7 )

Regards

Volker Gueldenpfennig, consolut international ag

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[Former Member]

Victor's method results in a good answer, but one can only use ST11 if the instance is active. However, it is possible to view the directory using OS-level command

WRKLNK '/usr/sap//DVEBMGSnn/work/dev*'

and then using option 5 to display one of the files.

Manoj's method of using System-->status... is good, too, but again, it only works if the instance is active.

I can't find anyplace to issue dispwork (or, dispwork -V). It isn't an OS/400 command.

Volker's method is the best because it is relevant only to the kernel library itself. If you have several kernel libraries, now you can tell which library is which version.

Thanks for the assistance.

Robert

[former_member204746]

use this command, the answer are in the first few lines:

disp+work -V

[Former Member]

Also,

Check system->status

at command prompt execute disp+work (if it is windows)

[Former Member]

Hi Robert,

There are more than one ways to find it out... I typtically call Tcode ST11 (display trace files in work directory) and click on one of the dev_w$$ files. Whether the kernel is ASCII or Unicode should be indicated on the "make" line (about the 11th line under the yellow header).

Best regards,

Victor