FastSort Manual

Sorting Interactively

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Understanding Completion Codes

In addition to error messages, FastSort might return a completion code after a sort or

merge run. Completion codes are summarized following:

For completion code 3, any of the following errors can occur:



You specified an input file with a logical name instead of the actual name. FastSort

returns this message:

Wrong name of the IN file.

Termination info: 1



You specified a logical file name, but you did not set DEFMODE ON. FastSort

returns this message:

DEFINE processing is not enabled.

Termination info: 2



You specified a list file with a DEFINE name, but you did not use a corresponding

DEFINE. FastSort returns this message:

DEFINE specification for the OUT file is missing. Termination

info: 3



FastSort encountered an unexpected error code while processing one or more

DEFINEs. If this error occurs, report it to your service provider. FastSort returns

this message:

DEFINE error occurred when processing DEFINEs. Termination

info: 4



You specified a list file with a DEFINE name, but the corresponding DEFINE was

not a class SPOOL DEFINE. FastSort returns this message:

OUT file specification has illegal DEFINE class. Termination

info: 5

For more information about using DEFINEs, see Section 7, Using SORT and

SUBSORT DEFINEs.

Code Explanation

1 Syntax errors occurred but are treated as warnings only. FastSort continues to

accept input and returns this message:

Syntax errors/warning detected

2 FastSort execution errors occurred. These errors include no input file. FastSort

returns the associated error code and this message:

SORT execution errors detected.

3 FastSort could not execute the sort or merge run and returns this message:

Premature process termination with fatal errors

or diagnostics.