> The ECB storage has to have been obtained from the TCB > where the wait is taking place.
Like a couple of people have posted, this isn't true. One reason the poster may feel like this is true is if the ECB resides in storage obtained by a different task which has terminated (and storage obtained by that other task was freed). Many system ABEND codes start off as S0C4s. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html