Try MAKEBUF instead of MAKBUF; rc = -3 is command not found. Wouldn¹t the close command be CLOSE OPERATOR CONS? Not CONS OPERATOR...
This is without getting any manuals or help files involved, and my mind isn¹t what it used to be, so no warrantee implied... -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 7/16/08 3:59 PM, "Howard Rifkind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the following code in a REXX exec which if I recall worked without any > issues in a prior life. > > 'MAKBUF' > BUFFNUM = RC > 'EXECIO * CP (STRING CLOSE CONS OPERATOR' > > The MAKBUF is returning an RC of -3 > > and the EXECIO statement isn't working but did in the past. > > I know this is crazy but all this started after I logged off and then back on. > > Any ideas as how to solve this will be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > > _____________ > LEGAL NOTICE > Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential > and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. > Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. > If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the > contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in > reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an > addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then delete this > message and empty from your trash. >