Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread retired mainframer
:: -Original Message- :: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On :: Behalf Of Micheal Butz :: Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:50 PM :: To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU :: Subject: Allocating file in Rex exec :: :: Hi :: :: I am allocating a dataset in a Rex

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:30:31 -0700, retired mainframer wrote: :: :: I am allocating a dataset in a Rex exec using the following syntax :: :: Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr :: :: I get an error routine not found Does your exec issue the ADDRESS TSO instruction? Hmmm... o If

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:22:39 +0800, David Crayford wrote: Oops! I did a Shmuel; I followed up without reading ahead to see that I was largely repeating your answer. Shame on you :^) Damn I love this list sometimes. Shane ...

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Micheal Butz wrote: I am allocating a dataset in a Rex exec using the following syntax Rex, uhhmmm, sorry, Michael, it is REXX, not Rex. :-) Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr Is thus litteraly so (copy/paste intact) or did you redacted the actual dataset and member name? I

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread Scott Ford
Micheal: As I have mentioned and others , please provide us the actual source structure of rexx. Its hard to help just seeing a line. Plus your syntax is wrong … Regards, Scott Ford www.identityforge.com www.idmworks.com From: Micheal Butz Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎25‎, ‎2014

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread Itschak Mugzach
This is because you used the dsname as a variable. Remove the qoutes around the dsname and live the single ones. It should read ad alloc f(X) DA('DSNAME') ... not ' Itschak בתאריך 26 במרץ 2014 03:50, Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net כתב: Hi I am allocating a dataset in a Rex exec using

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread Skip Robinson
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 03/26/2014 07:21 AM Subject:Re: Allocating file in Rex exec Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU This is because you used the dsname as a variable. Remove the qoutes around the dsname and live the single ones. It should read ad alloc f

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-26 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 219796.7982...@smtp110.mail.ne1.yahoo.com, on 03/26/2014 at 02:09 PM, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com said: Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr I get an error routine not found That a sjorthand equivalent to Alloc fi(myddnam) da(' || my.pds.name(member) || ') shr The

Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-25 Thread Micheal Butz
Hi I am allocating a dataset in a Rex exec using the following syntax Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr I get an error routine not found Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-25 Thread Tony Harminc
On 25 March 2014 21:50, Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr I get an error routine not found You are calling a REXX function named my.pds.name(member) which presumably is not what you intended. Why do you have those inner double quotes?

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:50:10 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: Hi I am allocating a dataset in a Rex exec using the following syntax Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr I get an error routine not found I believe the parentheses surrounding (member) need to be quoted lest my.pds.name be

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-25 Thread Lizette Koehler
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Allocating file in Rex exec Hi I am allocating a dataset in a Rex exec using the following syntax Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr I get an error routine not found Sent from my iPhone

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:08:05 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: On 25 March 2014 21:50, Micheal Butz wrote: Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr I get an error routine not found You are calling a REXX function named my.pds.name(member) which presumably is not what you intended. Why do you

Re: Allocating file in Rex exec

2014-03-25 Thread David Crayford
On 26/03/2014 12:25 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:08:05 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: On 25 March 2014 21:50, Micheal Butz wrote: Alloc fi(myddnam) da('my.pds.name(member)') shr I get an error routine not found You are calling a REXX function named my.pds.name(member) which