Controls whether or not the screen is cleared before each message or directory listing display.

restrictions

Requires SYSPRV privilege to set information for users other than yourself; requires SYSPRV or SYSNAM privilege to show information about users other than yourself.

Syntax

SET ERASE_SCREEN

SET NOERASE_SCREEN

SHOW ERASE_SCREEN

Qualifiers	Defaults
/ALL	/NOALL
/LOG	/NOLOG
/UIC="[g,m]"	None
/USER=username	None

Parameters

None.

Description

Ordinarily, the screen of your terminal is cleared before each page of a message or directory listing is displayed. This default behavior is selected with the SET ERASE_SCREEN command. However, you may elect to suppress this screen erasure with the SET NOERASE_SCREEN command.