Chris, Thanks for this. I had made it as far as the USS messages and codes but having only book mgr and PDF versions available online I searched for ages for various combinations of the reason and return codes.
When I get back to the office I'll print a copy - I think I would have found the answer myself quite quickly with a paper copy. Alan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mason Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 16:27 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Where do I find these reason codes? Alan You will need to combine *both* the EACCES return code, a general statement of the problem, with a specific "reason code" which - as I understand it - is a code returned by a lower level function. The "reason code" explanation should refine the "return code" explanation. Note that the "reasons" listed in Brian's post are preceded by the word "include". Thus there can be others including, I would suggest, having mistyped a name which should be one of the names which shows up using the Display OMVS,PFS command. Incidentally, a question involving there tricky UNIX System Services "reason codes" crops up two or three times a month in the list. You might have spent your time better searching the archives. Apart from the subtle mistake mentioned by Brian and looking up the programming manual for possible reasons for the "return code" for the specific routine name - which should - and probably is - replaced by the explanation of the "reason code", I found all the codes in seconds. But then I happened to know that the secrets of these "return" and "reason" codes were all provided in the z/OS UNIX System Services Messages and Codes manual which, to give credit where credit is due, is exactly where the explanation of IGD17501I mentioned you should go and look. Chris Mason ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
