Thanks for the mention, Binyamin and Lionel. We have spent a lot of hours studying IBM error messages and how they are issued and relate to each other.
The eight digit OMVS error reason codes are my pet peeve. Some are issued by the C/C++ runtime modules, some by ZFS support, some by UNIX support code. IBM has he BPXMTEXT facility to help with displaying an English explanation for some of those error codes, but not all. MVS/QuickRef does display meanings for all those error codes for certain messages, e.g. if BPXF171E is displayed, we show the possible HFS/ZFS error codes below its description, on one screen, to save the user time. Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Mon, Sep 18, 2023, 10:43 AM Lionel B. Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > My guess is that even if IBM were to accept this idea and begin > implementation that it would take years, perhaps decades, and that they > would begin with the shell commands/tools. While I would love to see it > expand to all of z/OS I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen, or for > it to happen in my lifetime. > > MVS/QuickRef is one of those products that every, repeat *EVERY* z/OS shop > should have installed. While some claim Google/etc. could replace it, I > wouldn't place any bets on that. > > > Lionel B. Dyck <>< > Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com > Github: https://github.com/lbdyck > > “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what > you > are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of > Binyamin Dissen > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 9:37 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea) > > Do you want to put QuickRef out of business? > > On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:06:48 -0500 "Lionel B. Dyck" <lbd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > :>I submitted this IBM Idea and would appreciate your support if you’re > able > :>to vote: > :> > :> > https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-382 > 7 > :> > :>The text is: > :> > :>Title: > :>All error messages for shell tools should be complete and NOT require > :>referencing a Messages and Codes manual :> > :>Text: > :>Receiving a message like this (example from DSFS dsadm command): > IDFS00329E :>Could not set creation parameters, return code 126 reason code > ED07621A. Is :>confusing and meaningless to the average OMVS shell user. > They are not used :>to finding a messages and codes manual (which is so > last > millennium) and :>using Google/Bing/... is useless in finding this, and > similar, messages. > :> > :>All shell commands that run under OMVS should provide clear, and > complete, > :>messages without requiring the user to find a messages and codes manual. > The :>days of the 1960's and 1970's to > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
