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Troubleshooting
This section suggests ways to determine the cause of an execution error
and also how to expedite the debugging process.
When you have trouble understanding why a particular error occurs, try
one or more of the following:
* Request an Error Dump (using column 55 of the Header Specification).
* Organize your test files into a separate group. If your test files
are on tape under another group (a production group, for example),
you can use RESTORE to load them into your test group.
* If you're testing, try running your program with various files empty.
This may be helpful in isolating bugs. To specify that a file
exists, but has no data, equate the file to $NULL. For example, to
equate the file GLMAST to $NULL, enter the command,
:FILE GLMAST=$NULL
* Use good programming practices and structured code in your programs.