On 2014-06-27, at 09:48, Kris Buelens wrote:
> And, in my eyes, LISTFILE's BEFORE and AFTER options have a bug. If there
> is no file for the given date range, COMMAND LISTFILE sends an error
> message in the PIPE. Normally eror messages should not be produced when a
> CMS command is started with the COMMAND stage.
>
There's some delicate judgment here. Syntax errors in the command string
produce messages regardless; other errors don't:
rexx address command "LISTFILE foo bar R"; say RC
DMSLST069E Filemode R not accessed
36
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:16:16
rexx address command "LISTFILE foo bar A"; say RC
28
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:16:35
rexx address command "LISTFILE (AFTER 2014-07-01"; say RC
DMSLST765E No files matched specified date range
28
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:17:21
rexx address command "LISTFILE (JUNK 2014-07-01"; say RC
DMSLST003E Invalid option: JUNK
24
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:17:36
... but while it's clear to me that DMSLST003E reports a command
syntax error, I feel otherwise about DMSLST069E and DMSLST765E.
Even worse:
rexx address command "QUERY DISK R"; say RC
Disk R not accessed
0
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:23:02
Ugh! Error message not suppressed, and RC=0.
-- gil
