--- freem/src/merr.c	2025/05/01 03:56:29	1.7
+++ freem/src/merr.c	2025/05/14 12:22:04	1.10
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *   $Id: merr.c,v 1.7 2025/05/01 03:56:29 snw Exp $
+ *   $Id: merr.c,v 1.10 2025/05/14 12:22:04 snw Exp $
  *    stuff for handling program bogosity
  *
  *  
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
  *   along with FreeM.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  *   $Log: merr.c,v $
+ *   Revision 1.10  2025/05/14 12:22:04  snw
+ *   Further work on shared memory
+ *
+ *   Revision 1.9  2025/05/03 04:21:01  snw
+ *   Another fix for user-defined errors
+ *
+ *   Revision 1.8  2025/05/03 04:12:34  snw
+ *   Fix user-defined error codes
+ *
  *   Revision 1.7  2025/05/01 03:56:29  snw
  *   -m
  *
@@ -337,7 +346,7 @@ void merr_set_ecode_ierr (void)
     snprintf (t, MERR_COD_LENGTH - 1, ",%s,\201", cod);
     merr_set_ecode (t);
     
-    job_set_ecode (pid, cod);
+    /* job_set_ecode (pid, cod); */
     
 done:
 
@@ -424,15 +433,20 @@ void merr_dump (int num, char *rtn, char
                 snprintf (tbuf, STRLEN - 1, "^$JOB\202%d\202USER_ERRORS\202%s\201", pid, &user_ecode[1]);
                 tbuf [stlen (tbuf) - 1] = '\201';
 
-                global (get_sym, tbuf, dbuf);
+                ssvn (get_sym, tbuf, dbuf);
                 
                 if (merr () == OK) {
                     stcpy (nem, dbuf);
                     stcnv_m2c (nem);
                 }
                 else {
+                    sprintf (nem, "user-defined error");                    
                     merr_clear ();
                 }
+
+                if (strlen (nem) == 0) {
+                    sprintf (nem, "user-defined error");
+                }
                 
             }
             else {