Function

strerror retrieves diagnostic text for error codes and reason codes.

Parameters

error_code

Hex value for an error code as returned in ERRNO for other SYSCALL host commands. Specify 0 if text for this code is not being requested.

reason_code

Hex value for the reason code as returned in ERRNOJR for other SYSCALL host commands. Specify 0 if this code is not being requested.

stem

The name of a stem variable used to return the information. Upon return, stem.0 contains the number of variables returned. You can use the predefined variables beginning with SE_ or their equivalent numeric values to access the values that they represent. See REXX predefined variables for the numeric values. For example, stem.se_reason accesses the reason code text. If text is unavailable, a null string is returned.

Variable	Description
SE_ERRNO	Text for the error number.
SE_REASON	Text for the reason code.
SE_ACTION	Text for any action to be taken to correct this error. This variable will be available only when a reason code is requested.
SE_MODID	Name of the module that detected the error. This variable will be available only when a reason code is requested.