Re: CL Problems

No, the os does not ignore the asterisk. This is a "work-a-round" to keep
the
os from creating the problem. What's missing from the prev referenced post,
is that your submitted job needs to remove the asterick (or make your var
1 char more than needed, put something other than blank in it, and remove
in the submitted job.
jim
(still hating this micky-mouse approach to what ibm should fix - try
explaining this to a new buyer of the machine!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@taylorcorp.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: CL Problems


> I have read the link you sent me but one thing doesn't make sense to me.
> Does the OS and/or the command ignore the asterisk?
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Taylor [mailto:john.taylor@telusplanet.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 5:38 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: CL Problems
>
>
> Mike,
>
> This is such a common question that one of us really should put it in the
> FAQ. Here is one of many explanations from the archives:
>
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/199809/msg01310.html
>
>
> John Taylor
> Canada
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@taylorcorp.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 16:15
> Subject: CL Problems
>
>
> > I have a RPG program that passes parameters to a CL program that
retrieves
> > some job attributes, then submits another CL to the jobq which will
build
> a
> > PDF file and put it on the IFS. The reason we do this is so if the PDF
> > creation crashes, it will not disrupt the job that called it. This CL is
> > called at the end of the job (we are being overly paranoid because some
of
> > the reports do updates). My problem is this:
> >
> > Somehow between the RPG program and the last CL I get garbage in the
field
> > name causing the last CL to crash. I am filling these fields in the RPG
> > program, but not completely (I might be using 20 bytes of the 50 byte
> > length). I don't want to make this smaller because the CL's are designed
> so
> > many different reports can be turned into PDF files. I am wondering how
> that
> > garbage can get in there. The data appears to be fine when it gets sent
to
> > the first CL from the RPG program (thus why I posted here). :-) The only
> > ones effected are the ones that are quite long and not being completely
> > filled. OS version is V4R5.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Mike Wills
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