Put code between the LOCATE and the CAMLST.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Joseph Reichman <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 3:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Trying to determine if a dataset exists External Message: Use Caution I’m not at home But I wrote a simple program and I remember it from memory TESTDS CSECT TESTDS AMODE 31 TESTDS RMODE ANY USING TESTDS,R3 LR R3,R15 LOCATE AB AB CAMLST NAME,DS,,LOCAREA DS DC CL44’MY.DATATEST’ DS 0D LOCAREA DS CL265 END I ran this under TEST Made a break point after the SVC 26 And that’s where I got the abend 66D reason 61 The text said “Unable to serialize or release serialization when accessing to tso/e data stack” The abend code was 66D reason code 61 Hope this explains things I think it has something to do with installation setup Thanks > On Feb 16, 2025, at 3:22 PM, Binyamin Dissen > <[email protected]> wrote: > All together now: > > "Show the code" > > On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:42:34 -0500 Joseph Reichman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > :>Hi > :>Sorry about the previous post > :> > :>I fat finger it and didn’t now how to recall or delete > :> > :>Well here is my question > :> > :> > :>I am getting some strange abends fro LOCATE > :> > :>Specifically abend 66D reason code 61 > :> > :>I am running the program from a clist under TSO TEST > :> > :>My goal is to determine whether the dataset exists > :> > :>Just wondering is S99VRBIN using SVC 99 would be a better way > :> > :>And If so what text units should I use > :> > :>Thank you > :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > :>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > :>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> > http://www.dissensoftware.com/ > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
