How to resolve the following error: +EZGO0006 CA-EASYTRIEVE UNABLE TO OPEN (EMPTY) SYSLIN FILE.

Products

• Easytrieve Report Generator

Issue/Introduction

Running the JOB06OP1 job for Easytrieve Report Generator and receiving the following error:

+EZGO0006 CA-EASYTRIEVE UNABLE TO OPEN (EMPTY) SYSLIN FILE.

Is the //SYSLIN DD statement needed or is it necessary to remove the //SYSLIN DD DUMMY statement from the JOB06OP1 job?

Environment

Easytrieve Report Generator, release 11.6

Resolution

Remove the unneeded //SYSLIN DD DUMMY statement.

Additional Information

This was changed in a prior PTF for actually release 11.0 SP3, but release 11.6 acts the same way as designed. RO03555 has the following problem description: 

When programs were run under 11.0 SP3 (and 11.6), if SYSLIN DD DUMMY was coded, a S0C4 abend was issued in EZTGO at +2AA or +2AE. 

The fix issues the following new message, and the condition code is set to 0016: 

      +EZGO0006 CA-EASYTRIEVE UNABLE TO OPEN (EMPTY) SYSLIN FILE. 

So, the above PTF resolved a S0C4 abend and now generates the +EZGO0006 message. 

Removing the unnecessary //SYSLIN DD DUMMY statement allows JOB06OP1 to run to completion successfully.