The DESCANAL command performs a descriptor analysis for all descriptors and in-use areas in the dump.

This command can take several minutes to complete. To check on the progress of this command, you can enter the ?AX WHERE command after the ASD table has been read and before the descriptor sorting phase has started. To abort the DESCANAL command, you can enter the ?AX BRK command.

Syntax

── DESCANAL ─┬────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┤
             └─ ORPHANED ─┘

Explanation

The following text describes the meaning of each option.

DESCANAL

Displays the location of all in-use areas of the dump, all descriptors containing an address in the area, and miscellaneous descriptors that cannot be associated with a specific area.

DESCANAL ORPHANED

Displays areas for which no descriptor could be found and all miscellaneous descriptors.

Example

The following example shows output from the DESCANAL command.

INPUT: DESCANAL
ADDRESS 00000000 NOT PART OF A DUMPED MEMORY AREA
SORTING      1 DESCRIPTORS

--------------------------------    DESCRIPTOR ANALYSIS  ----------
IN-USE AREAS =   0,  DESCRIPTORS PRESENT =    1


   AREA   LENGTH LOCATION  DESCRIPTOR  LOCATION DESCRIPTOR  LOCATION 
DESCRIPTOR  LOCA 
-----------BEGIN MISC DESCRIPTOR DUMP -----------------


----------------  END MISC. DESCRIPTOR DUMP  -----------------------

#PERM SAVE =   1  #TEMP SAVE =   0, #OVERLAY =   0