On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:07:48 -0400, Hobart Spitz wrote: > >I'm not sure whether you are asking for help, reporting a problem in a >sample, or offering a solution. > >Since you haven't said which line failed, I'm just be guessing. > >I think you need to quote StdErr. . That should allow you to turn NOVALUE >back on. I prefer to use it most of the time also. > The OP apparently understands this: On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 01:53:36 -0500, Bruce Hewson wrote > ... >Note the quoted stem names. This is required. > ... But he didn't follow his own advice in the example he posted: > cmd="sort" > > call bpxwunix cmd,"unsorted_data.","sorted_data.",stderr.
>My typical NOVALUE handler looks like this: > .... I don't code a handler. If NOVALUE is caught I consider it a coding error and fix the code. It might be a typo spelling a symbol. How would I recover from that? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN