> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:54 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Cobol and SMS question
> 
> In <listserv%[email protected]>, on 04/12/2011
>    at 09:54 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> said:
> 
> >Doesn't this require also that the programmer provide an exit to
> >divert the ABEND S%13 which otherwise results from an OPEN failure
> >and causes program termination. 
> 
> Your question has an assumption contrary to fact. There is no Sx13
> ABEND for a missing DD statement.
> 
>          TM    DCBOFLGS,DCBOFOPN
>  
> -- 
>      Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Right. IIRC, the Sx13 abend happens when there is a DD, but there is something 
"wrong" with it. Like OPEN for INPUT on a member which does not exist in the 
PDS. Or invalid or missing DCB information (eg: LRECL=80,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=90 in 
the JCL). Or "dataset not on volume".

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