Thanks to all for your replies, I resolved my issue with the following and I can get exactly what I want out of this. 'EXECIO * CP (STEM BUFLINE. STRING 'CP CLOSE CONS OPERATOR'' SAY BUFLINE.1 PARSE VAR BUFLINE.1 . . . . . . . . RDR_NUMBER UNUSED1
>>> "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/17/2008 2:38 PM >>> Another possibility would be that the console had been closed and no new messages had been displayed between that close and the EXECIO. Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shimon Lebowitz > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:29 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Some REXX exec help needed. > > We seem to have gone off the track of the original problem. > > I would like to add a "CP Q V CON" *BEFORE* the EXECIO, to > see if console is currently even being spooled. > If some previous step was meant to start spooling, but > didn't, that would explain why nothing is going to OPERATOR. > > Shimon > _____________ 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.