Perhaps something like this will give you what you want to recursively traverse
a directory:
x = bpxwunix('find /u/user/work/',,out.,err.)
do I = 1 to out.0
say out.i
end
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
David Crayford
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 07:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Some questions on SYSCALL
On 29/06/2022 6:37 pm, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> Sme, but manageable. The article Safe REXX at
> <http://www.rexxla.org/Newsletter/9812safe.html> and
> <http://www.rexxla.org/Newsletter/9901safe.html";> has some tips on avoiding
> REXX pitfalls.
What's the point in managing something when you can just use a better language?
It's a good time to be working on z/OS as we have an abundance of choice.
That's not entirely obvious on this forum where every problem seems to be met
with a ham-fisted REXX solution.
Yes, Crayford's bashing REXX again. I have some experience of using z/OS UNIX
REXX services but I didn't find it productive. Maybe somebody with more
knowledge than me could post a snippet that demonstrates how to recursively
traverse a directory tree printing the entries.
>
> --
> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
>
> ________________________________________
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 11:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: Some questions on SYSCALL
>
> On 29/06/2022 5:42 am, Charles Mills wrote:
>> "write" fd "buf"
>>
>> Which makes no sense to me at all. fd is passed by value but "buf" by name?
> It's horribly inconsistent and unpleasant to use. The buffer HAS to be
> a passed by reference (variable) as it could break REXX string length
> limits or contain characters that REXX chokes on.
> I can't help but think that you've made a rod for your back. REXX is
> superficially simple but in my experience, which is 30 years of using
> the language, it is anything but and has endless pitfalls.
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