Although the two system error message catalogs contain different sets
of messages, their format is the same. The messages are numbered and
grouped into numbered sets. The sets are logical divisions of
messages. Before you can access the messages, you must know the
messages that are available and their identifying message and set
message numbers.
To examine the CM error messages you can use, go into your editor and
text in CATALOG.PUB.SYS; to examine the NM error messages,
expand the formatted file SYSCAT.PUB.SYS, as shown in Chapter
4, and text the expanded catalog into your editor. Both of these
files are very large, but you can view them from within your editor.
As you look at the message catalog, you will see messages, message
numbers, set directives, set numbers, comments, and special
characters, such as %, &, ! and ~.
Message File Format Example |
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The messages you see will look similar to the following example
from CATALOG.PUB.SYS:
$SET 1 SYSTEM MESSAGES
1 LDEV#!IN USE BY FILE SYSTEM
2 LDEV#!IN USE BY DIAGNOSTICS
3 LDEV#!IN USE, DOWN PENDING
5 IS "!" ON LDEV#! (Y/N)?
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$MESSAGE 35 IS TWO LINES LONG, A PARAMETER STARTS THE
$FIRST LINE, AND THE SECOND LINE IS "HP32002"
35!%
HP32002B.00.!
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276 LDEV # FOR "!" ON ! (NUM)!
$
$SET 2 CIERROR MESSAGES
82 STREAM FACILITY NOT ENABLED: SEE OPERATOR.(CIERR 82)
200 MORE THAN 30 PARAMETERS TO BUILD COMMAND.(CIERR 200)
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Directives and Special Characters |
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Directives and special characters are not output to users, but they
are important factors in the unformatted message catalog.
A directive begins in column one and denotes the beginning of a set,
a comment, or a message. They are:
$SET - indicates the beginning of a logical set of
messages
message number - indicates the beginning of a
message
Special characters are used to control the format and content of
messages when the messages are output.
% - lets a message continue on the next line in the catalog
and
when printed out. When a message is output to a buffer, a space is
inserted where the % was.
& - lets a message continue on the next line in the
catalog,
but, when accessed, the message is printed on one line.
! - allows a parameter to be inserted at run time. Up to
five parameter substitutions are allowed in a message, and
substitution is done from left to right.
~ - when preceding a special character, allows the special
character to be printed.
