On 2021-02-10 15:21:18 CVBruce wrote:
> Eric,
>
> To your point #2. In looking at other implementations of Rexx, I found
> that some implementations note that if you move the write pointer to
> someplace in the existing file, and then write, the file will be truncated
> to that written data. This
Eric,
To your point #2. In looking at other implementations of Rexx, I found that
some implementations note that if you move the write pointer to someplace in
the existing file, and then write, the file will be truncated to that written
data. This led me to the realization that the write poin
Greetings Erich,
Erich Steinböck wrote:
but then: we also have this rexxref paragraph "The write pointer cannot be moved
anywhere within the extent of the file as it existed when the file was opened."
So many errors in one place?
Thus my question: anyone remembers what the intention of all thi
From my collection of old manuals, the 1982 version of Rexx (3.10)
recommended EXECIO or IOX (which it notes was "specially written for
Rexx") for file I/O. Stream/linein/lineout, etc. aren't there.
The Stream/linein/lineout,etc. are not in the 1986 VM/SP Release 5
System Product Interpreter
Thanks for clarifying the timeline :-)
Now back to the question:
s~open('append'); s~lineOut('xxx', 1) ignores the line number argument for
lineOut and unconditionally appends
s~open; s~lineOut('xxx', 1) overwrites the first line
This is pretty crazy, as
1) "append" should be default (or not?) fo
The Stream functions were added to Rexx in 1982 (I think) but didn't make
the cut for the first VM/CMS release (SP3, 1983). They are in the first
edition of The Rexx Language (1985). It took a frustratingly long time for
them to be added -- no quite sure why that was.
Mike
> -Original M
You may be right; I was unable to find a copy of the pertinent Rexx
User's Guide from
that period, though
http://www.rexxinfo.org/All%20IBM%20Rexx%20manuals/ALLIBM_1.HTM
purports to provide such.
Leslie
On 2021-02-10 04:30:20 René Jansen wrote:
> Hi Leslie,
>
> I am sure you mean 1984.
Greetings René,
René Jansen wrote:
I am sure you mean 1984. And then there was still only EXECIO.
Excellent correlation! Indeed EXECIO was the mainframe I/O alternative I could
not recall the name of.
I am thankful,
--
Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems
http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 5:31 AM René Jansen wrote:
> Hi Leslie,
>
> I am sure you mean 1984. And then there was still only EXECIO. I have to
> look up when VM/CMS got stream; TSO never had it until now, unless we
> installed a library.
> I will try to find out the timeline.
>
VM/CMS got it 1988,
Hi Leslie,
I am sure you mean 1984. And then there was still only EXECIO. I have to look
up when VM/CMS got stream; TSO never had it until now, unless we installed a
library.
I will try to find out the timeline.
best regards,
René.
> On 10 Feb 2021, at 05:45, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
>
> On
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