Of course: semicolon is the standard *ix command separator. If the parameter following -c includes a semicol then it is treated as multiple commands.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Spiegel [dspiegel...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 9:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: USS: su: User ID "SH" does not exist Hi R'Shmuel, BPXBATCH allows only one Command Buffer. If the user wants to issue more than one command, then s/he must separate commands with a semicolon (much like the ISPF Command line). Regards, David On 2020-05-15 09:32, Seymour J Metz wrote: > Possibly, but ; is definitely a command separator character, not a > continuation character. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca1d14b2155ab4d26d96808d7f8d47ff5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637251463900660906&sdata=0v7lCqOekIfyjsPxgu%2BQw9Rp%2FwNpXSERP%2F8lo5%2F04Tg%3D&reserved=0 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 9:25 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: USS: su: User ID "SH" does not exist > > Yes, in a shell, but no using BPXBATCH. > > On 2020-05-15 9:17 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> ITYM \ at the end is a continuation. >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> https://eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca1d14b2155ab4d26d96808d7f8d47ff5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637251463900660906&sdata=0v7lCqOekIfyjsPxgu%2BQw9Rp%2FwNpXSERP%2F8lo5%2F04Tg%3D&reserved=0 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of >> David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 8:47 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: USS: su: User ID "SH" does not exist >> >> Nope. Semicolons are a continuation! >> >> On 2020-05-15 8:13 PM, David Spiegel wrote: >>> Hi Jon, >>> Every line except for the last line needs a semicolon. >>> >>> Regards, >>> David >>> >>> On 2020-05-15 08:10, Jon Bathmaker wrote: >>>> Hi Ed, >>>> >>>> Thanks for this! How *did* you find out about the semicolons, I >>>> didn't see them anywhere in the doc. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> *Jon Bathmaker,* >>>> SYS1 Consulting Inc. >>>> 519-577-9661 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/15/2020 12:19 AM, Ed Jaffe wrote: >>>>> On 5/14/2020 5:23 PM, Jon Bathmaker wrote: >>>>>> //STDPARM DD * >>>>>> SH su >>>>>> SH echo $PATH >>>>>> SH unmount -fv ZOS240.SYS1.OMVS.SYSRES.OS240971.FNT.ZFS >>>>> The above looks wrong to me. I always do it this way: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> //STDPARM DD * >>>>> SH su; >>>>> echo $PATH; >>>>> unmount -fv ZOS240.SYS1.OMVS.SYSRES.OS240971.FNT.ZFS >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>> . >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
