Not sure how I didn't stumble on this sooner, since I use EXECUTE * PIPE STATE etc. against long lists in FILELIST all the time:
> pipe state STRING * Q|cons > PIPDST060E Delimiter missing after string "* Q". > PIPSCA003I ... Issued from stage 1 of pipeline 1. > PIPSCA001I ... Running "state STRING * Q". > Ready(00060); This problem actually already existed with the handful of fileids that exactly match any two keywords, and is resolved in that case by supplying the filemode: > pipe state format quiet|cons > Ready; > pipe state format quiet *|cons > FORMAT QUIET A1 V 1 1 1 5/13/09 14:50:23 > Ready; > pipe state noformat quiet > Ready; > pipe state noformat quiet * > Ready(28); With STRING, there's no way around it but to move the fileid to the input file. Guess it's time to write myself a PIPSTATE EXEC. ¬R
