Sample diagnostic output

Figure 1 shows the format of the diagnostic output for the linkage editor. No optional output was requested other than the list of control statements.

Figure 1. Diagnostic messages issued by the linkage editor

A  z/OS V1 R3  LINKAGE EDITOR 16:52:40  MON  JANUARY 28,2002
    JOB MAINRUN     STEP LINKEDIT
    INVOCATION PARAMETERS  -  LET,NCAL,XREF,LIST
    ACTUAL SIZE=(317440,86016)
    OUTPUT DATA SET USER.LOADLIB IS ON VOLUME SYS086

B   IEW0000     NAME BBBBBBBB(R)
       IEW0461 CCCCCCCC
       IEW0461 BASEDUMP

C   ** BBBBBBBB ADDED AND HAS AMODE 24
    ** LOAD MODULE HAS RMODE 24
    ** AUTHORIZATION CODE IS           0.
                                                   DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE DIRECTORY

D   IEW0461 WARNING - SYMBOL PRINTED IS AN UNRESOLVED EXTERNAL REFERENCE, NCAL WAS SPECIFIED

The figures on the left side of Figure 1 indicate the portion of the diagnostic output being described.

A: Is the output listing header. It contains a time and date stamp, invocation parameters specified by you, storage and buffer sizes, and the name of the SYSLMOD data set and its volume. In this example, MAINRUN and LINKEDIT are the user-specified job name and step name, respectively.
B: Is a list of control statements used (IEW0000) and the message codes (IEW0461) for error/warning conditions discovered during processing. For error/warning message codes, the symbol in error, if necessary, is also listed (CCCCCCCC and BASEDUMP).
C: Is a module disposition message indicating that the output module (BBBBBBBB) has been added to the output module data set. The addressing and residency modes and the module authorization code are listed.
D: Is the diagnostic message directory that contains the text of the error codes listed in item B.