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EXECIO * CP ( STRING CLOSE CONS OPERATOR" ____________________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "Its kind of fun to do the impossible." (Walt Disney) ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:10 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Some REXX exec help needed. Thanks, but doesn't look that way. 204 *-* 'EXECIO * CP (STRING CLOSE OPERATOR CONS' >>> "EXECIO * CP (STRING CLOSE OPERATOR CONS" +++ RC(1022) +++ 205 *-* MAXLINES = QUEUED() >>> "1" 206 *-* IDX0 = 0 >>> "0" 208 *-* DO UNTIL IDX0 = MAXLINES 209 *-* PARSE UPPER PULL BUFLINE.IDX0 >>> "HCPCSL022E A VIRTUAL DEVICE NUMBER WAS NOT SUPPLIED OR IT WAS INVALID." >>> RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/16/2008 5:03 PM >>> Try MAKEBUF instead of MAKBUF; rc = -3 is command not found. Wouldn't the close command be CLOSE OPERATOR CONS? Not CONS OPERATOR... This is without getting any manuals or help files involved, and my mind isn't 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. _____________ 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.
