Thomas This will match the SDWAABCC field in the SDWA :
SDWAABCC DS 0BL4 - ABEND COMPLETION CODE ON ENTRY TO EXIT ROUTINE. SDWACMPF DS B - FLAG BITS IN COMPLETION CODE. SDWAREQ EQU X'80' - ON, SYSABEND/SYSMDUMP/SYSUDUMP DUMP TO BE * GIVEN. SET IF DUMP=YES REQUESTED ON ABEND, * CALLRTM OR SETRP MACRO. SDWASTEP EQU X'40' - ON, JOBSTEP TO BE TERMINATED. * SET IF STEP OPTION SPECIFIED * ON ABEND MACRO. SDWASTCC EQU X'10' - ON, DON'T STORE COMPLETION CODE. * NOT USED IN OS/VS2 R2. SDWARCF EQU X'04' - ON, REASON CODE IN SDWACRC IS VALID @PBC SDWACMPC DS BL3 - SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE (FIRST 12 BITS) AND * USER COMPLETION CODE (SECOND 12 BITS). I do not think that the reason code will be available to you. HTH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

