While I am at it...
WHY the Ampersand "&SYSTEM" WORKS in the find,
but if you use &PDQR rather than $PDQR it fails .... is just madness.
7 *-* "ISREDIT F ALL P'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS$UCMD$REMOTE$PDQR$(&SYSTEM$' "
>L> "ISREDIT F ALL P'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS$UCMD$REMOTE$PDQR$(&SYSTEM$' "
8 *-* "ISREDIT F ALL P'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS$UCMD$REMOTE&PDQR$(&SYSTEM$' "
>L> "ISREDIT F ALL P'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS$UCMD$REMOTE&PDQR$(&SYSTEM$' "
+++ RC(4) +++
From: John Mattson/Epson
To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
Date: 07/18/2012 01:26 PM
Subject: Re: REXX ISPF edit FIND failing
Thanks to everyone! I have kept plugging at this and tried all your
suggestions.
Here is what I see so far.
1) There is no reason syntactically that this should not work
"ISREDIT F ALL 'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS.UCMD.REMOTE&PDQR.(&SYSTEM)' "
2) For some strange reality THIS works
"ISREDIT F FIRST 'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS.UCMD.REMOTE&PDQR.' "
and this does not.. as soon as you add the "("
"ISREDIT F FIRST 'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS.UCMD.REMOTE&PDQR.(' "
3) Lizette's P' processing can be made to work (but really should not be
necessary)
"ISREDIT F ALL P'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS$UCMD$REMOTE$PDQR$(&SYSTEM' "
Works !!!
"ISREDIT F ALL P'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS$UCMD$REMOTE$PDQR$(&SYSTEM$' "
Works
"ISREDIT F ALL P'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS$UCMD$REMOTE$PDQR$(&SYSTEM)' "
Does NOT
Now, why "(" causes the ISREDIT FIND to go nuts, but not the
ISREDIT FIND P' ' is quite beyond me.
And why ")" causes ISREDIT FIND P' to go nuts, but NOT "(" is also
Thanks to all, I now have something that works, sort of, but there is
really something wrong with ISPF here.
by the by, I am on zOS 1.11
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