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Workspace IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM
Categories Assembler
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 19, 2012

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Return the highest RC when assembling a batch of programs

From the Assembler List forum ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest - 17 Jun 2012 to 18 Jun 2012 (#2012-113)
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The following email was posted:

>The assembly uses the BATCH option. There are multiple assembly steps and
>the RETURN CODE you are quoting is from the LAST batched assemble.
>
The OP and several followups (including mine) were misled
by this. It would be a useful enhancement if HLASM provided
a summary summary line:

Number of assemblies: nnn Highest return code: 12

>If you search through the listing you'll find the non-zero return code.
>
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Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 5, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - High Level Assembler (HLASM)

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - High Level Assembler (HLASM)

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 26, 2012

    Chapter 7. Assembling your program on z/OS of the HLASM Programmers Guide (SC26-4941-05) has a section on Return Codes (page 171).
    I agree the suggestion that the returned RC for ASMA90 - when invoked from JCL and the user has supplied a batch of programs - ought to be the highest rc from each of the assemblies.
    Sharuff Morsa

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 20, 2012

    I don't know of any case of the assembler providing a negative return code, but, just in case, the specification ought to be, in my opinion:

    If any individual assembly in the batch produces a negative return code, then the final return code of the whole batch is the negative return code with highest absolute value; otherwise, the highest positive return code.

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