No session was started. An unexpected error occurred. Error
code = number, return value = number,
errno = number (X'hexnum'),
reason code = hexnum, message = 'string'
Explanation
No session was started with the z/OS shell, because
a z/OS UNIX C
function failed with an unexpected error. The error code displayed
in the message indicates which z/OS UNIX C function
failed.
In the message text:
- error code = number
- The error code shows which function failed.
- 161
- read()
- 162
- write()
- 163
- seteuid()
- 164
- setuid()
- 165
- kill()
- 166
- fork()
- 168
- chdir()
- 169
- getlogin()
- 170
- getpwnam()
- 171
- waitpid()
- 172
- sigaddset()
- 173
- sigprocmask()
- 174
- sigemptyset()
- 175
- sigaction()
- 177
- waitpid()
- 178
- sigdelset()
- 179
- sigfillset()
- 180
- stat()
- 181
- fcntl()
- 182
- sigpending()
- 183
- sigismember()
- 184
- mvssigsetup
- 185
- mvsunsigsetup
- 186
- setenv()
- 187
- clearenv()
- 188
- sysconf()
- 189
- setlocale()
- 190
- open()
- 191
- setsid()
- 192
- dup2()
- 201
- w_getpsent()
- 202
- time()
- 203
- ttyname()
- 205
- access()
- 206
- tcgetattr()
- 207
- tcsetattr()
- 208
- tcflush()
- 209
- tcgetpgrp()
- 210
- select()
- 211
- ioctl()
- 212
- tcdrain()
- 213
- getlogin (BPX1GLG)
- 214
- getutxline()
- 215
- pututxline()
- 216
- fstat()
- 217
- ptsname()
- 218
- grantpt()
- 219
- unlockpt()
- 220
- dup()
- return value = number
- The return value reported by the system for this error.
- errno = number (X'hexnum')
- The errno value returned by the system for this error. For more
information about this errno value, see z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference.
If errno = 0, no errno information is available from the system for
this error.
- reason code = hexnum
- The reason code returned by the system for this error. For more
information about this reason code, see z/OS UNIX System Services Programming: Assembler Callable Services Reference.
- message = 'string'
- A system error message that describes this error as reported by
errno. If errno = 0, this message is not meaningful.
System programmer response
User response
Provide the system programmer with this message
number and any variable information displayed in the message.