Index: /tags/ipp-20170121/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_job_run.pl
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--- /tags/ipp-20170121/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_job_run.pl	(revision 42047)
+++ /tags/ipp-20170121/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_job_run.pl	(revision 42048)
@@ -611,4 +611,9 @@
                     print STDERR "file $f is not available\n";
                     $return_code = 0;
+		    ## MEH 20210127 doesn't look like return_code is even used from check_files...
+		    ## if file is not available, why is my_die not called with PSTAMP_NOT_AVAILABLE?
+		    ## is this only the case when neb-host down and fails to wait for fix?
+		    ## with multiple data nodes down, this needs to be a fault case
+		    my_die( "file $f is not available:", $job_id, $error_code, 'stop'); 
                 }
             } else {