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Error on output file - status `xx`, and Error on output file - status 9/yyy

An error has occurred processing the output file.

Possible causes are:

The file cannot be created
A hardware error has been encountered on opening or writing the file
The parameters specified are incorrect.

The status xx is a COBOL file status. If the first byte is a 9, then the status yyy is a COBOL run-time error number. The return code is set to 2.

Resolution:

Investigate the error. For run-time system error messages see the help topic Run-time System Error Messages.

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