Boris,

The 9 in the first byte means the second byte is an integer representing a
FSERR. The nicest way (IIRC) is to call CKERROR (I know it's not a CM ksam
call, but this hook works for these errors) and it will return the integer
into a 4 character numeric field.

HTH

Dave Gale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boris Kortiak [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:53 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: COBOL implementor defined FILE STATUS
>
>
> While creating a KSAM file, I received a FILE STATUS of '9d'
> upon CLOSE.  The programmers manual refers me to the MPE XL
> error message catalog or the MPE XL Error Message Manual.
> Unfortunately, I'm not sure which section of the error
> message manual applies to this type of error.
>
> Any hints greatly appreciated.
>