Yes. I thought the same, just *after* I sent it :-) Roops
On 4 June 2026 00:48:13 BST, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: >cntl.0=0 > >It's part of the ANSI standard. > > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי >נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > >________________________________________ >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of >Rupert Reynolds <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 3:14 PM >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Any CLIST fans still here? I can't make DATA PROMPT work > > >External Message: Use Caution > > >Under Linux, Regina allows: > >cntl. = "" >address system "LINK whatever" WITH INPUT STEM 'cntl.' > >(from memory) but (also from memory) it wasn't very portable the last >time I checked. And I have no idea whether Brexx has this and, if it does, how >many versions of Brexx do. > >I think IBM or the standards people missed a trick by not nailing >this down sooner! > >Roops > >On 3 June 2026 15:11:17 BST, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: >>That's essentially what DATA does, and it only works for GETLINE and PUTGET. >>It doesn't work for TGET and it doesn't work for *SAM. >> >> >>-- >>Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >>http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >>עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי >>נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר >> >> >> >> >>________________________________________ >>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of >>Thomas Berg <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 9:02 AM >>To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: Any CLIST fans still here? I can't make DATA PROMPT work >> >> >>External Message: Use Caution >> >> >>Sometimes problems like this (can't test it now) can be solved by putting >>the parm to e g LINK on the stack (queue "LO(T.LOAD) PR(*) NCAL XREF LIST >>LET TEST") >>Followed by: >>Address Tso >>"LINK(*)" >> >>(I don't know if it works with LINK, but maybe qorth a try.) >> >> >>Thomas Berg >> >> >>"I wash off the hatred of my enemies and the greed and wrath of powerful >>people." >> >>“I clearly saw the skeleton underneath all this show of personality. What >>is left of a man and all his pride but bones?” >> >>Den ons 3 juni 2026 14:09Rupert Reynolds <[email protected]> skrev: >> >>> Thanks. Rexx fan here, but I searched once and never found a reliable >>> way to pass responses the way that CLIST can. It's one of the few things >>> that CLIST does better, as I remember it. >>> >>> I could rewrite it in a different way, but I started assuming there's a >>> way to get it working. >>> >>> -- >>> Roops >>> "Mundus sine caesaribus" >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >>> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
