Re: the preferred way to force a program abend on iSeries?

["Winchester Terry" <terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

Here's a link to a News400 article describing a couple
of options for dumping memory:

http://www.systeminetwork.com/artarchive/8345/Cobol_Dump_Program.html

If you can't get access to this, contact me offline...

Terry Winchester 
Programmer/Analyst
________________________________
The Raymond Corporation
terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Rosinger
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:40 AM
> To: cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [COBOL400-L] the preferred way to force a program 
> abend on iSeries?
>
> List,
>
> Another newbie question. In the mainframe world, if your 
> application program 
> detects a condition that it cannot handle it (usually) will 
> force an abend. 
> There are many ways to do this. One common method for doing 
> this is to call 
> a non-existent program with a self-documenting name like "DUMPME" or 
> "ABORT". In the iSeries world, I understand that if your 
> application calls a 
> program that it can't find, it will display a message on the operator 
> console that requires a response.
>
> What is the preferred way to handle a program-induced abend?
>
> Can I/should I avoid/suppress an operator response?
>
> Is there an API that can be called from COBOL to force an 
> abnormal end (and 
> get a full dump) but won't require an operator response?
>
> Your suggestions and thoughts on this. As always TIA!
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Michael Rosinger
> Systems Programmer / DBA
> Computer Credit, Inc.
> 640 West Fourth Street
> Winston-Salem, NC  27101
> 336-761-1524
> m rosinger at cciws dot com 

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