Functions and CALL Routines under OpenVMS

GETMSG Function: OpenVMS

Translates an OpenVMS error code into text.

Category:	General-Purpose OpenVMS
OpenVMS specifics:	All aspects are host-specific

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Syntax

GETMSG(status)

status: is an OpenVMS status code. It is usually returned from one of the other functions that return an OpenVMS status code on failure.

Details

The return value is a character variable that receives the message text corresponding to the status code. If the message string is longer than the length of the target variable, it is truncated.