At 10:53 AM -0400 10/25/99, Boris Kortiak wrote:
>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.
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>Any hints greatly appreciated.
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Since a lower-case 'd' is equivalent to 100 decimal I'd guess you're getting: "DUPLICATE PERMANENT FILE NAME  (FSERR 100)"

You can always call the old HP-supplied CKERROR routine to translate the second position of a COBOL file status code into the equivalent HP file system error code and then follow that up with a call to the FERRMSG intrinsic to get the corresponding error message text. If you need an example, let me know and I can send you a copy of our utility subprogram that does just that.
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