In a recent note, Ted MacNEIL said: > Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:32:42 +0000 > > >On the z/OS side, consider that OPEN has (yet, after 4 decades) no way to > >report an error to the caller other than "just crashing". > > And, what would an application after a failed open, that didn't abend? > Why, whatever its designer chooses, of course. Perhaps continue processing, omitting the failed file.
As a concrete example, imagine a slightly smarter SuperC Search-For, which could process not just a single input data set, but several input data sets (perhaps selected by wildcard; a capability for which I have long yearned). If one OPEN fails for one data set it's reasonable to issue an error message and continue processing the remainder of the input rather than abending. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
