IEBGENER returns a code in register 15 to indicate the results of program execution. The return codes and their meanings are:

Codes

Meaning

00 (X'00')

Successful completion.

04 (X'04')

Probable successful completion. A warning message is written.

08 (X'08')

Either processing was ended after you requested processing of user header labels only, or a DBCS error was encountered.

12 (X'0C')

Either an unrecoverable error exists and the job step is stopped, or a DBCS error was encountered.

16 (X'10')

A user routine passed a return code of 16 to IEBGENER. The utility ends.