The problem appears to be the first digit in the device name. 

(In fact the following file equate IS rejected - so it woud appear that mpe is assuming a device number if the first character of the device is numeric, but then failing to parse the rest of the file equate properly.   And then only rejects the file equate if the device number is too high !

L:file t;dev=12312d
             ^
Unknown logical device. (CIERR 345)

Also note, the error in the file equate is subsequently detected as follows

L:showdev 6
 LDEV     AVAIL         OWNERSHIP         VOLID         DEN   ASSOCIATION

    6     SPOOLED       SPOOLER OUT 
L:file t;dev=6aaa
L:print temp;out=*t
                 ^
INVALID DEVICE SPECIFICATION  (FSERR 56)
The PRINT command failed. (CIERR 9080)
L:



>>> Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]> 14/07/01 01:34:42 >>>
Tony,

Is it possible that the file equation is now pointing to Ldev 1 and ignoring
the BADDEV altogether?   I am not near a 3000 right now.  What happens if
you do the same thing with :FILE T;DEV=9BADDEV?  (And I am assuming you do
not have an ldev 9 there.)

Even still, the BADDEV should have been tagged as a syntax error.  Just
wondering.

Mark Wonsil

-----Original Message-----
Friends - please note the follow CI below - in particular the failure of MPE
to report the invalid device class when the first character of the device
name contains a numeric character.

You have been warned !!.

S:file t;dev=LP


>>> Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]> 14/07/01 01:34:42 >>>
Tony,

Is it possible that the file equation is now pointing to Ldev 1 and ignoring
the BADDEV altogether?   I am not near a 3000 right now.  What happens if
you do the same thing with :FILE T;DEV=9BADDEV?  (And I am assuming you do
not have an ldev 9 there.)

Even still, the BADDEV should have been tagged as a syntax error.  Just
wondering.

Mark Wonsil

-----Original Message-----
Friends - please note the follow CI below - in particular the failure of MPE
to report the invalid device class when the first character of the device
name contains a numeric character.

You have been warned !!.

S:file t;dev=LP
S:FILE T;DEV=GARBAGE
             ^
Unknown device class. (CIERR 344)
S:FILE T;DEV=1BADDEV
S:showdev 1baddev
          ^
Logical device class "1BADDEV" cannot be found on the system. (CIERR 1583)
S:

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