DSXchange

Hi,

I have a unix Script which uses dsjob for datastage Job Execution.
I wanted to Know if there is there value in checking the RETURN_VALUE ($?) from the -run command? What does the $? return?
What does -255 return code mean?
OR
Is it better to reinterrogate the -jobinfo for a status other than 0, 1 or 2? I.E.
Job_Status=`dsjob -jobinfo $DSProject $DSJob | head -1 | cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d")" -f1`

I stick with -jobstatus rather than interogate the job again after it finishes. Perhaps this recent post would help.

Read about dsjob in the manual. The job status is always available on file unit #2 (stderr).