Quoting prevents evaluation and also prevents uppercasing. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2025 12:24 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Obtaining the Return Code from bpxwunix in a REXX progrm, External Message: Use Caution On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 15:49:59 +0000, Sri Hari Kolusu wrote: >Bpxwunix uses STDOUT and STDERR for the output and error processing. So, add >them to your CALL statement > The names STDOUT and STDERR are not special; any compound symbols are acceptable. So: >call bpxwunix cmd,,,stdout.,stderr. > Night equally well be: >call bpxwunix cmd,,,'foobar.','wombat'; (I believe quoting prevents REX evaluating symbols if SIGNAL ON NOVALUE.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
