Glenn,
Check out the sample program FMTP XEDIT on the S-disk. It's undoubtedly doing parsing similar to what you are looking for (although for a different purpose). Best regards, Mark Wheeler > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:21:53 -0400 > From: n...@bestweb.net > Subject: [CMS-PIPELINES] parsing a PIPE > To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU > > I'm writing a front-end that needs to examine the arguments to certain > stages, which means I need to parse out all the stage separators and end > characters. Is there some pipeline command I've overlooked for this, or > do I just have to parse the global options myself in REXX (and pay > attention to when any new ones that take values are added)? > > ¬R _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009