501: A qualifier in “pathname” contains an invalid character

Explanation

The path name in the subcommand entered specified an MVS™ data set, but one of the qualifiers in the data set name contained an invalid character. Qualifiers in an MVS data set name can only contain letters, numbers, a dollar sign ($), an at sign (@), a number sign (#), a hyphen (-), or a ‘x'C0'’.

System action

The subcommand is rejected. Control returns to the client for further command processing.

User response

Reissue the subcommand with the corrected path name.

System programmer response

None.