The ADBM, BADB, and VADB processors generate the messages in the following subsections. Each message is followed by a brief explanation. Italicized words indicate variable portions that are inserted into the messages at run time.

Message Format

Most messages produced by ADBM, BADB, and VADB appear in the following format:

filename(line-#): category message-#: message-text

where:

filename

is the name of the input file that contains the command that caused the message.

line-#

is the line number of the command responsible for the message.

category

indicates the type of message such as: Informational, Warning, Error, Fatal Error, or Internal Error.

message-#

is the message number for look-up purposes.

message-text

is the text of the message.

The filename and line-# prefixes are added when necessary and appropriate.