Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> The system closes DCBs at end-of-task. >> > I had been unaware of such task ownership of DCBs. > But I suspect that somehow SMP/E (or perhaps IEBCOPY) > is completing without closing some DCB.
A task doesn't own a DCB per se, but DEBs created by OPEN are placed on a chain anchored in the TCBDEB field of the TCB under which OPEN is invoked. When a task terminates, the Task Close routine (IFGxTCx IIRC) runs the DEB chain and tries to close corresponding DCBs and ACBs. If a DCB/ACB is inaccessible or appears corrupted, then TC issues IDC999I and S0C3. I am not aware of SMP (or IEBCOPY) doing anything that would prevent TC from doing its job. -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
