[Info-vax] COBOL, <gack!> again! Return status.

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2023-09-11 19:01:26 +0000, Brian Schenkenberger said:

> How does a COBOL program return a status (ie. R0) to a calling program? 
> I found a reference to RETURN-CODE but compiler balks at that.

If it doesn't need to be portable COBOL, which seems likely given SYS$MGBLSC...

CALL "SYS$EXIT" USING BY VALUE RETURN-STATUS
And for errors...

CALL "LIB$SIGNAL" USING BY VALUE ERROR-STATUS

-- 
Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC