Error handling

After a command finishes processing, a return code is displayed or logged to provide the success or failure of the command. The pdadmin command has the following return code values:

0

The command that completed successfully.

1

The command failed. When a command fails, the pdadmin command displays a description of the error and an error status code in hexadecimal format (for example, 0x14c012f2).

See Error messages in the IBM Knowledge Center. This reference provides a list of the ISAM error messages by decimal or hexadecimal codes.

For information about how to use the message number associated with a message to display only the descriptive text, see errtext.

• Return codes for a single command
  A single command is normally typed from a command prompt such as a DOS command prompt, Korn shell prompt, and C shell prompt. Single command mode does not automatically display the 0 or 1 return code values; the operating system must be queried for the return code value.
• Return codes for an interactive command
  Interactive command mode does not automatically display the 0 or 1 return code values. Also, we cannot follow an interactive command with the AIX , Linux , and Solaris echo or the Windows errorlevel command.
• Return codes for multiple commands
  We can use a text file containing pdadmin commands to run those commands in a single pdadmin invocation.

Parent topic: pdadmin commands