Force abend a previous step

sprikitik · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:10 am

Hi,

Does anybody know how to force abend a previous steps who returns a RC of 0?

The scenario is i need to execute a step, but for that step to execute, the previous step should abend.. Please help me!

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:19 am

Hello,

Make up a test job that has 2 steps.

Make the first step abend (one easy way is to create a very small program that issues a divide by zero - which will cause an s0cb abend).

The second step will be the one you want to execute if there was a prior abend. You will want COND= for the second step to be EVEN or ONLY, depending on your requirement.

Keep in mind that no value of rc constitutes an abend - it is merely a return code.

One last thought - you can do nothing to change any prior step - it is done.

expat · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:22 pm

Dick has given some good advice.

Also, a search of the forum would have produced the answer NO as this has been discussed many many times.

If a step has ended and has issued a return code, it has been done, how did you think that you could change something that has already happened ?

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:40 pm

i am constantly stepping on the brakes of the car behind me.

acevedo · Active User Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 344 Location: Spain

and I try hard to turn back in time when I say/do something wrong... with no success (by now).

;)