Yes, the command is entirely in upper case. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Buelens Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:18 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: COMMAND vs. CMS
Are you sre the command is written in uppercase? Do you know that you can code CMDCALL before a command so that it generates error messages e.g. "PIPE COMMAND ERASE NO FILE A!CONS" is silent while "PIPE COMMAND CMDCALL ERASE NO FILE A!CONS" displays "file not found" The CMDCALL prefix is especially useful with SFS related commands because the returncode are often not unique then. Kris, IBM Belgium, VM customer support The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 2006-12-14 22:08:43: > I have a file containing records that look like this: > > DELETE USER JOEUSER fpid (TYPE NOCONFIRM > > This file is read by a pipe and the commands passed to a stage for > execution. I have seen and heard the arguments for using COMMAND vs. > CMS stages, so I passed the records to COMMAND (as in 'PIPE < fid | > command | cons'.) Nothing happens as a result. If I change the COMMAND > stage to CMS, the commands are acted upon. Funny thing, an appended > command of "ERASE fid" does get executed in either instance. There > must be some simple explanation for what is happening, but I must be > even simpler. What am I missing? > > Thanks, > Richard Schuh
