topic Return status in Operating System - HP-UX

Return status

Mike Humenansky — Thu, 02 May 2002 12:05:16 GMT

We have several cobol tasks
that are aborting at different instructions giving a return code of 255. Any ideas what causes this code for any instruction. Code 254 is the last listed in our manuals.

Re: Return status

harry d brown jr — Thu, 02 May 2002 12:16:47 GMT

Mike,

What are the commands causing the error? And what cobol are you using?

live free or die
harry

Re: Return status

Mike Humenansky — Thu, 02 May 2002 12:37:28 GMT

Harry,
We're using micro focus cobol on the hps. The program is now stopping on divide instructions but we've received the 255 on numerous instructions and some lead to out of bounds problems.

Re: Return status

harry d brown jr — Thu, 02 May 2002 12:50:53 GMT

Mike,

What is the exact error message?

Also, have you tried doing a "google" search on this string:

+microfocus +cobol +error +255

live free or die
harry

Re: Return status

Mark Greene_1 — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:34:25 GMT

have you looked through the on-line docs? On our 11.0 system they are at /opt/cobol/cobdir/docs and /opt/cobol/cobdir/docs.html

Also, see the man page for anim

HTH
mark

Re: Return status

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:51:47 GMT

Hi Mike

255 = Invalid function was requested

So it depends on what the command was at the time error occured.

This error equates to Windoze GPF error ;^)

Paula

Re: Return status

Wodisch — Thu, 02 May 2002 15:42:07 GMT

Hi,

remember that there are two 8-bit values returned from each process: the exit code (which you told us) and the termination code, which tells which signal terminated your process (or wether it terminated volunteerily).

HTH,
Wodisch