ABEND statement

The ABEND statement causes IMS™ to issue an abend and terminate DFSDDLT0.

The following table shows the format of the ABEND statement.

Table 1. ABEND statement
Column Function Code Description
1-5 Identifies control statement ABEND Issues abend U252. (No dump is produced unless you code DUMP on the OPTION statement.)
6-72 Reserved b  
73-80 Sequence indication nnnnnnnn For SYSIN2 statement override.

Examples of ABEND statement

If you use ABEND in the input stream and want a dump, you must specify DUMP on the OPTION statement. The default on the OPTION statement is NODUMP.

|---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----<
ABEND                                                                   22100010
Dump will be produced; OPTION statement provided requests dump.
|---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----<
O DUMP                                                                  22100010
No dump will be produced; OPTION statement provided requests NODUMP.
|---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----<
O NODUMP                                                                22100010