Accessing IMS-DL/I Files with Reporting Facility › Communications Area Use

Communications Area Use

In addition to the control information you specified in bytes 1—255 of the I/O area, the Reporting Facility automatically sets up an 80-byte Communications Area. This Communications Area returns the PCB information on completion of a GET command.

Information returned to the Reporting Facility by the 80-byte Communications Area has the following format:

Use the area with the return code from the GET command to determine the status of the I/O area. Reference the 80-byte Communications Area by the keyword DL1 and reference the return code by the file name.