Re: Starting out with sub-procedures

I was waiting for Barb to pipe in on that one.   :-)

To continue on, that other data is available in the PSDS I think.  If not 
there, then the joblog.
Of course, when I really want the information I am rather fond of QCAPCMD. 
 You'll want to create some wrappers for that one though.

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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Andy Holmer wrote:
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> A lot has been said about the system API in recent threads and, in my
> mind, it is just a slightly more useful QCMDEXC. ...
> ...

The system API has a slight advantage in having only one parameter, and
in making it possible to do the call and test the return code on the
same line, but I think the disadvantage outweighs the advantages.

The disadvantage of system() is that when the command fails, system()
removes the final exception message from the joblog.  You can get the
7-byte exception ID, if you code for it in your program, but you lose
the replacement text which may be critical to figuring out what went
wrong if your program fails unexpectedly.

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