Java exit code 1.5 en 6.0 and VMS exit code

[Toine_1]

Hello,

I schedule some java programs on a VMS server via a command file.
When the application ends normally it is doing a system.exit(1);

This means that the $severity is also 1 and $status is %X10000001 in my command file and successfully ended.

This worked in Java 1.5.

In Java 6 this doesn't work anymore.
system.exit(1) is translated to $severity is 2. And $status is %X1035A00A.

Is this normal?
Can I set some logicals to have the same behavior as in Java 1.5.

/Toine

[Steven Schweda]

ALP $ sysmsg %X1035A00A
(SYS$COMMON:[SYSMSG]DECC$MSG.EXE;1:)
%C-E-EXIT1, exit value 1

Looks like a compile-time decision:

HELP CRTL exit

[WW304289]

> Looks like a compile-time decision:

Yes. Compile program below with and without /define=_POSIX_EXIT , run it and check $status:

#include
int main() { exit(1); }

Thanks,
-Boris

[Steven Schweda]

> Looks like a compile-time decision:

Of course, it _is_ possible to call either
plain [decc$]exit() or __posix_exit()
explicitly, and so it is possible to make a
run-time decision about which one to use.

Knowing nothing, I'd guess that the people
moving Java to VMS did some easy thing, like
define _POSIX_EXIT, when they built the
stuff, so I'd guess that there's no run-time
flexibility. But I haven't looked hard at
the Java-on-VMS documentation to see if
there's anything relevant (and revealing)
there.

[Tim E. Sneddon · Accepted solution]

There were some changes to the way that Java returns values with the release of version 6.0. The following link contains details of how to use the JAVA$EXIT_ENV logical to control this behaviour.

http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/documentation/1.6.0/ivms/docs/user_guide.html#exitmode

It seems that POSIX is the default (which would explain what you're experiencing).

Tim.

[Toine_1]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the answer. This is what I'm looking for.

I should read the release notes !!

$ define JAVA$EXIT_ENV COMPAT solved my problem.

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Controlling exit mode
Beginning with JDK 6.x, a new logical, JAVA$EXIT_ENV, is introduced to control the exit mode of the JDK. Four modes are supported:

COMPAT:

Any value returned by the exit function is masked with %x10000000.
Any value returned by waitForProcessExit is returned unchanged.
This is the mode used for all JDKs before JDK 6.x.
POSIX:

Return value of the exit function:
Any value less than 256 is converted to match the C RTL POSIX exit code.
Any value over 255 is returned as the value with the inhibit mask.
Return value of the waitForProcessExit method:
Values of 0 or 1 are returned as a 0.
The CRTL POSIX exit code 1 (3514378) is returned as a 1.
Values between 3514379 and 3516409 are converted back to POSIX-style exit values, which are from 2 to 255.

POSIXVMS:

Same as POSIX mode, with one exception: For values 0 and 1, the waitForProcessExit method is returned as 1.
POSIX0AND1:

Same as POSIX mode, with one exception: For values 0 and 1, waitForProcessExit is returned with the exact value received.
The default mode for JDK 6.x is POSIX.



/Toine