Accessing messages and message variables

The DFSMSrmm API can return messages and message variables in your output buffer. Figure 1 show how messages are returned in line format when you specify the OUTPUT=LINES parameter and field format when you specify the OUTPUT=FIELDS parameter.

Figure 1. Message and message variable structured fields. Message and Message Variable Structured Fields

  <message line>message text
  <message line>message text
 
or
 
  <Begin MESSAGE group>
    <message number  >number
    <message variable>variable
  <End MESSAGE group>
  <Begin MESSAGE group>
    <message number  >number
    <message variable>variable
  <End MESSAGE group>

Refer to Messages and message variables structured field introducers for information about which messages can be placed in your output buffer.