I thought I would try out using "bpxwunix" in REXX.
The sample code worked fine.
But, I normally code with SIGNAL NOVALUE active.
Then the sample did not work. It took me a little while to work out.
This does work:-
/*REXX/
>call bpxwunix cmd,"unsorted_data.","sorted_data.",stderr.
The FM manual describes the parameters to be "the name of a compound variable".
If you don't quote, REXX will try to dereference the variables, does not find
them, and raises NOVALUE if activated. If not, those which were
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>call bpxwunix cmd,"unsorted_data."
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> >call bpxwunix cmd,"unsorted_data.","sorted_data.",stderr.
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Bruce;
I'm not sure whether you are asking for he
On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:07:48 -0400, Hobart Spitz wrote:
>
>I'm not sure whether you are asking for help, reporting a problem in a
>sample, or offering a solution.
>
>Since you haven't said which line failed, I'm just be guessing.
>
>I think you need to quote StdErr. . That should allow you to turn
Hi,
Well, of course, as soon as I posted I then spotted that I had not corrected
quoted the stderr. stem varname.
Actually, the sample code did not come from IBM but from:-
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/MartinPacker/entry/bpxwunix_z_os_best_kept_secret10?lang=en
A very goo
Hello Hobart,
here are my NOVALUE and SYNTAX handlers:-
Signal on Novalue/* Clean diagnostics */
Signal on Syntax /* for unexpected results. */
/*===*/
Syntax:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:00:38 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote:
>>call bpxwunix cmd,"unsorted_data.","sorted_data.",stderr.
>...
>I think the examples in the doc should be updated to quote any and all of the
>parameters which denote a stem variable.
>
+1
The same should apply to names
