&EXIT STATEMENT EXEC statement Use the &EXIT control statement to terminate processing the EXEC file. If the exit is taken from a first-level EXEC procedure, control passes to CMS. If the exit is taken from a nested EXEC procedure, control passes to the calling EXEC procedure. The format of the &EXIT control statement is: +-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | &EXIT | [0|return-code] | +-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ where: return-code specifies a numeric value, which may be a variable symbol, to be used as the return code from this EXEC. If the return code is not specified, it defaults to 0. Usage Notes: 1. If control is returned to CMS, the CMS ready message indicates the return code value. Thus, the statement: &EXIT 12 results in the ready message: Ready(00012); T=0/02 15:32:34 2. If you specify: &EXIT &RETCODE the return code value displayed is the return code from the most recently executed CMS command.