COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Run-Time Diagnostic Messages
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Standard Message Format—Non-CRE Environment
Standard Message Format—Non-CRE
Environment
In the non-CRE environment, the standard format of a run-time diagnostic message is:
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surrounds optional material.
pn
is the process name or process ID of the process that caused the error report.
nnn
is the message number from the COBOL85 run-time library.
prog-id + %pppppp
is the specification of the code location of the error.
prog-id
is the name of the program (from the PROGRAM-ID paragraph) in which the error
occurred.
%pppppp
is the octal offset within the code block.
If a series of similar lines (without the word From ) follows, it is a traceback of one
or more lines to show the CALL history, starting with the program in which the error
occurred, then its caller, and so on back to the main program.
message
is the error message text.
additional-message
is any additional information about the problem, such as the name of the file that
caused the error.
pn - *** COBOL85 Library Error nnn ***
pn - From prog-id + %pppppp
[ pn - prog-id + %pppppp ] ...
pn - message
[ pn - additional-message ] ...
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pn - File COBOL-file-name, assigned-file-name: open-status ]