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From: RICKW@umrvmb.umr.edu
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Subject: Re: passing commands from os/2 rexx
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Date: 28 May 91 16:59:07 GMT
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Having grown up with VM Rexx and being used to fetching command output
from the program stack, has anyone figured out how to stack command
output using OS/2 Rexx? The docs have this funky queue handler, but
I've had no success piping commands to it. It's really depressing to
have to pipe commands to a disk file and then read the disk file...

Also, keep the Rexx standards minutes coming!

Oh, by the way, for you Amiga types out there, same question as above.

-David A. Liscomb             This package sold by weight, not by volume.
 Systems Prog. Team Leader    Some settling may occur during shipment.
 MediQual Systems Inc.

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             hewed by Sandy Shaw.
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Here is a short example of stacking the output from OS/2 commands

/* */
PARSE ARG path

'@ECHO OFF'
'DIR ' path '/n | RXQUEUE /fifo'

DO WHILE(QUEUED() > 0)
   PARSE PULL input
   IF POS('<DIR>',input) > 0 THEN
      DO
         SAY input
      END
END
EXIT

The important part is the piping of DIR into RXQUEUE.  This is NOT the
RXQUEUE function.  The only documentation I found is on page 210 of the
Reference.

I hope this helps.

Rick...   RICKW@UMRVMB