RE: Handling errors in CLLE programs

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message: 6
date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:19:05 -0400
from: smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx
subject: RE: Handling errors in CLLE programs

The main part of my question got lost. Here is a shell of my program.

Get current library list
Change library list
Run some stuff
Reset library list

However, if anything in "Run some stuff errors" and the program gets
CANCELLED, I need the library list to reset AND the program to abend. The
issue is that sometimes this program will run interactively and sometimes it
will run in batch. If it is interactive, I need the libl to be reset so the
user's job functions normally. If it is batch, I need the program to abend
so the job abends and the batch schedule doesn't continue.

I know there are a whole lot of hoops that can be jumped through with if
statements and CLs calling CLs and passing parms but I was looking for
something easier. For example, in C#.NET, I can do the following

Try
Run some stuff
Catch
Code to handle errors or leave blank and let it pass the error back
to whatever called it
Finally
The code in this block gets executed whether the try block is
successful or not

I was hoping IBM added some type of "Finally" logic to the CL language and I
didn't know about it. That way if an error happens and they cancel the
program, it would execute that block to clean it up.