On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 15:28:42 +0300, Itschak Mugzach <[email protected]> wrote:

>Bill,
>
>Try this simple rexx. The first call (time), returns the unix time as
>expected, but the second one returns -20 (and the buffer from previos
>call).
>ITschak
>/* REXX */
>    RC = SYSCALLS('ON')
>    address syscall 'time'
>    say rc retval
>    address syscall 'ls -l'
>    say rc retval

That's what I would expect. "ls" is not a syscall command (at least in z/OS 
1.13). It is a shell (address SH) command. 

List of syscall commands (z/OS 1.13): 
  
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/bpxzb6a0/3.0?SHELF=all13be9&DT=20100628090654
or
  http://preview.tinyurl.com/grqcqc4

-- 
Walt

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