No idea. UNIX certainly has a *similar* "exit value" (as they call return codes) culture: 0 = success, etc. They tend to use 1, 2, 3, ... not 4, 8, 12, 16, and I don't think there is any equivalent to the MVS culture of 4 = warning, 16 = disaster.
BTW, another "how come" question would be "how come" MVS has always used return codes of 4, 8, 12, ... and not 1, 2, 3, ...? I have this vague notion it was so the caller could use the return code to index into a branch table, but I may be imagining that. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Multiple FTP Problems Charles, Just curious as to why that is. I know the IBM unix people don't play (all the time) by the MVS world, would it be a good thing to try and create a SHARE requirement to do so (play be the rules)? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
