If I understand the question correctly - yes, and not just IDCAMS. We're going back several decades here, but at one time quite a few programmes (SORT was one) used to signifiy any failure (even fatal I/O errors) with RC=16 rather than an ABEND.
I think just about every shop either wrote or got a little routine off a GUIDE or CBT tape that would invoke any programme, test its return code against a parameter, and ABEND U0001 or similar if the return code were unacceptable so as to force ABEND disposition processing. Something like //S1 EXEC PGM=RCTESTER,PARM="SORT,12" There must be something on the current CBT tape? -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
