Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual

good-error-list
input
INT:ref:*
is a list of error numbers; if one of the numbers matches the current error, no-retry is returned
as nonzero (no retry). The format of good-error-list, in words, is:
Number of error numbers in list {0:n}[ 0 ]
Good error number[ 1 ]
.
.
.
Good error number[ n ]
retryable
input
INT:value
is used to determine whether certain path errors should be retried. If retryable is not zero,
errors in the range of {120, 190, 202:231} cause retry according to the device type as follows:
Retry IndicationDevice
YesOperator
NAProcess
NA$RECEIVE
(opened with sync depth of 1, so not applicable)Disk
YesTerminal
YesPrinter
NoMag Tape
If the path error is either of {200:201}, a retry indication is given in all cases following the first
attempt.
Returned Value
INT
A value that indicates whether or not the I/O operation should be retried:
Operation should be retried.0
Operation should not be retried.<>0
If the value is not 0, one of these conditions is indicated:
• state is not 0.
• No error occurred; error is 0.
• Error is a good error number on the list.
• Fatal error occurred, and abort-on-error mode is OFF.
• Error is a BREAK error, and BREAK is enabled for file-fcb.
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