> parse upper pull input '-' var results in a vm read 'cause the cms stack is empty. You didn't place any data in the stack. I think you should use the VAR stage, not mess with the CMS stack. But if you insist you can use the PIPE STACK stage to place piped output into the CMS stack.
> CP Q MUDLAKE is not being handled by your console stage. It is from the CP command you issued on your STARMSG stage directed to CP, but it is not output in the pipe output stream. Only data captured by STARMSG will be output in the pipe stream. You could alter the pipe to use the VAR stage to place the piped data into a variable. /**/ 'CP SET MSG IUCV' 'PIPE (Endchar \)', 'STARMSG CP SEND CP TCPIP Q USERID', '| VAR CPOUT ', '\', 'LITERAL +2', '| DELAY', '| PIPESTOP' say 'cpout:' cpout exit ... getem cpout: 00000008TCPIP TCPIP : TCPIP AT EGESSEB1 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 14:32:51 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Dave Hansen Sent: Wed 2/28/2007 1:54 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] REXX EXEC - Trapping console messages w/SCIF Hello, I am still having trouble with my SCIF exec. Here it is: /* rexx */ trace r 'set msg iucv' 'pipe (endchar \)', '|starmsg CP Q MUDLAKE', '| console', '\', 'literal +2', '| delay', '| pipestop' parse upper pull input '-' var if var = 'dsc' then nop else do say 'mudlake not logged on' exit 1369 end 'set msg on' Here is it in action: 12:46:27 jimmy 12:46:27 3 *-* 'set msg iucv' 12:46:27 >>> "set msg iucv" 12:46:27 4 *-* 'pipe (endchar \)','|starmsg CP Q MUDLAKE','| console','\',' literal + 12:46:27 2','| delay','| pipestop' 12:46:27 >>> "pipe (endchar \) |starmsg CP Q MUDLAKE | console \ litera l +2 | de 12:46:27 lay | pipestop" 12:46:27 00: MUDLAKE - DSC 12:46:29 11 *-* parse upper pull input '-' var If I change the delay to 4 seconds the DSC message always has the same time as the pipestop. The delay is how long before the parse is executed. The book says when pipestop reads an input record, it ends the stages. Am I ending the stages? It looks like the DSC message isn't PULLable because I get placed in a VM READ. Some SCIF stuff: 12:52:09 cp send cp mudlake q secuser 12:52:09 MUDLAKE : SECONDARY USER LNXADMIN IS LOGGED ON 12:52:09 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:52:09 12:52:11 id 12:52:11 LNXADMIN AT ZVM3 VIA * 02/28/07 12:52:11 CST WEDNESDAY 12:52:11 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:52:11 Thanks in advance, Dave H.