Better than my previously posted solution! <snip> There's an LE370 program/service that can be invoked to cause an abend. I've pasted in a small example of a callable COBOL program which in turn calls the LE370 program.
LINKAGE SECTION. 01 ABEND-CODE PIC S9(05) COMP. 01 DUMP-IND PIC S9(05) COMP. PROCEDURE DIVISION USING ABEND-CODE DUMP-IND. CALL 'CEE3ABD' USING ABEND-CODE DUMP-IND. GOBACK. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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