DELETE USER is not an EXEC, it is an SFS administrator command. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: COMMAND vs. CMS
The COMMAND stage bypasses the normal search order and won't find EXECs. = Since DELETE USER is not a CMS or CP command it fails. The COMMAND stage= ends when it gets a negative return code if it's secondary output stream = is not connected. Brian Nielsen On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:08:43 -0800, Schuh, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot= e: >I have a file containing records that look like this: > > DELETE USER JOEUSER fpid (TYPE NOCONFIRM > >This file is read by a pipe and the commands passed to a stage for >execution. I have seen and heard the arguments for using COMMAND vs. >CMS= >stages, so I passed the records to COMMAND (as in 'PIPE < fid | command >| cons'.) Nothing happens as a result. If I change the COMMAND stage to >CMS, the commands are acted upon. Funny thing, an appended command of >"ERASE fid" does get executed in either instance. There must be some >simple explanation for what is happening, but I must be even simpler. >What am I missing? > >Thanks, >Richard Schuh > > > >
