> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee
> >
> > One thing I have used in my previous job is a program that accepts a
> > parm, and passes it out as a return code.
> >
> > Then the JCL can do whatever it wants with that condition code.
>
> One "problem" with such, at least around here, is management now has a
firm belief that RC>4 is
> identically equal to "job failed". They track it and castigate the
person responsible for having a
> "job failure". Please, don't confuse this manager with facts! He has
been in operations for 35+ years
> and knows what he's talking about. Just ask him.
FIGJAM syndrome. :-)
-jc-
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