You have to be careful with syntax like this:
Parse Source . 'EXEC' fm +1 .
The variable "fm" is assigned the value "E", taken from the first letter
of
"EXEC". You wanted it to be assigned the first character in the word
following "EXEC".
I found this 8000-line file, with machine carriage control, on one of the
disks where I work:
VM/SP EXEC Services Program
March 8th, 1982
Jerry Metcoff
Northwest Industries, Inc.
Chicago Data Center
So that solves my problem. I guess it isn't on any IBM web si
Some time within the last year I recall browsing a large EXECSERV manual
online, but now I can't find it. I know from the archives that it hasn't
been supported for a long time.
My employer wants me to convert EXECSERV calls to use more modern, suppor
ted
tools. Documentation would be helpful.
It's all documented. Issue HELP XEDIT READ.
I see there are plenty of excellent programs others have written that can
be used to address the problem. Thought I'd throw in my two cents, since
I
was annoyed by the same problem many years ago.
I wrote an XEDIT macro, SELUTIL ("select" utility) that was intended sole
ly
for manipulating t
The "TIMEBOMB IDLE" reported by QUERY SET is not related to the 15-minute
logoff, so you do not need to touch it.
(TIMEBOMB as shown by Q SET refers to a "diagnose" instruction that a
virtual machine can issue. It allows the v.m. to manage its own CP
command(s) to be executed if the v.m. does no
Richard, just yesterday I finished working on a REXX program that generat
es
CSV, HTML, or XML for a simple spreadsheet. If you're interested, I can
ask
my employer whether I can give it to you.
You'd have to cannibalize it, since it does not read a text file; it
generates its own data by readin
