Hi all, Thanks to a sugesstion from the list (Thanks John) I got a bit further.
The stem is empty apart from the number of lines which is correct. The result is below. Anybody any ideas? j@n 9 *-* if syscalls('ON')>3 >L> "ON" >F> "0" >L> "3" >O> "0" 13 *-* pathname = '/jedsp/web/pub/cgi/html_header' >L> "/jedsp/web/pub/cgi/html_header" 14 *-* address "SYSCALL" 15 *-* "readfile "pathname" htmlh." >L> "readfile " >V> "/jedsp/web/pub/cgi/html_header" >L> " htmlh." >O> "readfile /jedsp/web/pub/cgi/html_header" >O> "readfile /jedsp/web/pub/cgi/html_header htmlh." 16 *-* say rc >V> "0" 0 17 *-* say retval >V> "3" 3 18 *-* do i = 1 to htmlh.0 >L> "1" >V> "11" 19 *-* say htmlh.i >C> "HTMLH.1" >V> "" 20 *-* end 18 *-* do i = 1 to htmlh.0 19 *-* say htmlh.i >C> "HTMLH.2" >V> "" On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:11 PM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:41 AM, jan de decker <jan.je...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > John, thanks for the suggestions but the first one gives me a n rc of -1, > > the second one gives an rc of 127 > > > > Anybody any idea? > > > > Thanks, > > > > j@n > > > > > Unfortunately, I don't have access to the REXX compiler. But a couple of > questions have occurred to me: > 1) does your REXX program have a SYSCALLS('ON') statement to enable the > UNIX system calls? > 2) do you have an ADDRESS SYSCALL standalone statement before doing the > "readfile". > > You might want to prefix the "readfile" line with an ADDRESS SYSCALL > similar to > > ADDRESS SYSCALL "readfile (pathname) htmlh." > > > -- > Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of > everything and the Wirth of nothing? > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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