> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Moore, Ken > > Thanks to all who replied. I discovered, as I was teaching myself this logic, that the ECB actually > had the completion code in it, but only after the completion of the WAIT ECB, which proceeded the > ATTACH. Additionally, the existing logic in the program took the ECB > > ECB = X'84806000' in this case > > and loaded the second halfword into R15 to return to the operating system, which I can assume is well > out of range for a valid return code (X'6000) and was being interpreted as a ZERO.
Only the last three hex digits in the register are considered as "return code", and you show them as all zeroes; thus, RC = 0. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
