[Info-vax] Can't find file retained on error

[abrsvc]

On Feb 22, 1:53 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> On 2/22/2011 11:25 AM, tadamsmar wrote:
>
> > I have these messags in my print queue, but I cannot locate the
> > FOR010.DAT file that is referred to.   Can anyone explain?
>
> >       87  FOR010          CELEES            1  Retained on error
> >         %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort
> >           Submitted 15-DEC-2010 17:09:53.37 /FORM=ERROR /PRIORITY=100
> >           File: _DSA0:[]FOR010.DAT; /DELETE
> >           Completed 15-DEC-2010 17:10:05.48 on queue EESLOG1
>
> >      719  FOR010          CELEES            1  Retained on error
> >         %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort
> >           Submitted  4-FEB-2011 08:18:09.79 /FORM=ERROR /PRIORITY=100
> >           File: _DSA0:[]FOR010.DAT; (checkpointed) /DELETE
> >           Completed  4-FEB-2011 16:47:03.74 on queue EESLOG1
>
> Don't make me use my imagination!  How about starting with the basics?
> What version of VMS are you using.  Which of the three possible
> architectures (VAX, Alpha, and Itanium) are you using?  Or are you
> emulating something using the x-86 platform? Is the system in question
> part of a VMS cluster?  Have any patches been applied?  Which ones?
> What sequence of commands did you use to produce the output shown?
>
> It's times like that this that I REALLY miss the late Carl J. Lydick!!

Regardless of the OpenVMS version, the behavior has been the same for
years. In this case, the filename of dsa0:[]for010.dat incates a
spooled file that has no directory home.  Since the message also
indicates that the file was retained on error, the fiel exists, but
without any directory entry.  The use of ANAL/DISK/REPAIR will place
those files into the [syslost] directory.