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Help is available for CICS® Transaction Gateway messages by using an option on the ctgadmin command.

To obtain help for a message, enter the ctgadmin command followed by the -msg option, then the message number: 
ctgadmin -msg message ID
Where message ID has the format [CTG|CCL]nnnn[I|E|W], where:
  • The message prefix CTG or CCL is optional
  • The message number nnnn comprises 1 through 4 decimal digits and is mandatory
  • The message suffix I, E or W is optional
To obtain help for the -msg option itself: 
ctgadmin -msg -?

Help for error and warning messages is detailed and includes the following information:

  • message number
  • message text
  • explanation
  • system action
  • user response
Help for information messages includes the following information:
  • message number
  • additional information