:-) Yeah, nothing like having to read the entire Unix file just to find out how many records are in it, then having to find the EOL character(s) to know how long each record is, to make you appreciate mainframe filesystems...
-Chip- On 6/18/2015 11:48 AM, Dave Jones wrote: > Thanks, Ruurd. I was just now trying to get that part of the code to > work.....:-) I *know* the cmd_out file had more than just one line in it. > > Have a good one, too. > > DJ > > On 06/18/2015 10:09 AM, Ruurd Idenburg wrote: >> >> Gotta use: >> >> lines('/temp/cmd_out',"C") >> >> on Linux to get the actual lines in a file, default is to indicate if >> there is at least 1 more line. >> >> Ruurd >> >> On 18-6-2015 16:16, Dave Jones wrote: >>> Hi, René. >>> >>> If you can get the runREXX framework to work, could you share your >>> experiences with the group. I'm trying to decide if this is a "big deal" >>> or not. >>> >>> >>> I'm going to use your suggestion on how to capture Linux command output; >>> thanks for passing that on. I'm going to use simple Linux redirection to >>> a file and then read the file back into the application, like so: >>> >>> Linux_cmd = 'cat .bashrc 1>> /tmp/cmd_out 2>> /tmp/cmd_out' >>> do i = 1 to lines('/tmp/cmd_out') >>> say i linein('/tmp/cmd_out') >>> end >>> ...... >>> >>> Have a good one, too. >>> >>> DJ >>> On 06/17/2015 12:46 PM, René Jansen wrote: >>>> Interesting and have it downloaded already. >>>> >>>> To capture output on Linux and other, I would normally rxqueue the command >>>> and loop through the queued lines. >>>> >>>> “ls | rxqueue" >>>> line.0 = queued() >>>> >>>> do l = 1 to line.0 >>>> parse pull line.l >>>> say line.l >>>> end >>>> >>>> There might be more sophisticated ways. >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> >>>> René. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 17 jun. 2015, at 19:16, Dave Jones <d...@vsoft-software.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, all. >>>>> >>>>> This just appeared on the IBM z/VM web download page: >>>>> >>>>> The runREXX Framework >>>>> Overview >>>>> >>>>> Do you want to develop, test and run REXX programs with a few mouse >>>>> clicks? Then the provided runREXX framework will do the trick for you. >>>>> >>>>> The framework allows to develop REXX programs intuitivly in an eclipse >>>>> framework. This could be classic REXX but also ooREXX. >>>>> >>>>> runREXX is fully implemented in REXX by taking in account the context of >>>>> the selected file to be processed. >>>>> >>>>> runREXX also contains a preprocessor to create reusable functions and >>>>> allow selective unit testing of a part of a program or the program >>>>> itself. Other built in features are provided such as to create source >>>>> code documentation. For example it supports creating html from >>>>> BookMaster tags (using the tool B2H). >>>>> >>>>> By using eclipse as the underlying framework it enriches runREXX with >>>>> its capabilities dependend on which eclipse based distribution is used. >>>>> One nice built-in feature of eclipse is the file compares and searches >>>>> with refactoring support. The other is the use of source code library >>>>> systems to manage eclipse project contents. >>>>> >>>>> You can locate the package here: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?RUNREXX >>>>> >>>>> Note that the package requires ooRexx on the workstation. >>>>> >>>>> On an unrelated matter, what is the canonical method in ooRexx running >>>>> on Linux for issuing a Linux command and capturing the command's normal >>>>> STDOUT output and STDERR, too? >>>>> -- >>>>> Dave Jones >>>>> www.vsoft-software.com >>>>> Houston, TX >>>>> 281.578.7544 >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Oorexx-devel mailing list >>>>> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Oorexx-devel mailing list >>>> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >>>> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel