On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Roger Bilau <s...@bilau.de> wrote:
> Hi,****
>
> I currently test a file input routine:****
>
> trace I****
>
> Path = "scm.in_i"****
>
> file1=.stream~new(path) /*
> Create a stream object for the file */****
>
> say rc****
>
> ec=file1~open("read")****
>
> say ec errortext(2)****
>
> do while file1~lines<>0****
>
> in = file1~linein
> /* Write a line to the file */***
> *
>
> say in****
>
> end****
>
> file1~close****
>
> exit****
>
> Because I want to handle the situation if the input file is not available
> I changed the name of the input file to something****
>
> that didn’t exist and got the message after file1~open(“read”) ‘ERROR:2’**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> But ERROR:2 is nowhere described - in the reference guide I couldn’t found
> it and errortext(2) didn’t know it.
>
2 is the return code given back from the system when the file was opened.
This is not a Rexx error number, so errortext() will not return anything
useful for you. For many standard errors, you can find out what it means
using the description method. Try "say file1~description". It will
display:
ERROR:2 No such file or directory
Rick
> ****
>
> Regards****
>
> Roger****
>
>
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