RE: Using Qshell QzshSystem API

Exactly what happened to me yesterday.  The prototype I used is like your
first try.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris [mailto:David.Morris@plumcreek.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:46 AM
> To: java400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Using Qshell QzshSystem API
>
>
> Group,
>
> After creating an RPGIV procedure that calls QzshSystem, I
> can't seem to
> get it to work. I always get a return code of 7 and a message that the
> file was not found. My best guess is that it is expecting the
> command to
> be passed as ASCII. The API is pretty simple and I thought I
> would have
> this running in a few minutes, instead I have spent a couple of hours
> with no luck.
>
> I have tried various prototypes for the API, including
>
> DQzshSystemAPI    PR            10I 0 EXTPROC('QzshSystem')
> D PR_Cmd                          *   VALUE
>
> and
>
> DQzshSystemAPI    PR            10I 0 EXTPROC('QzshSystem')
> D PR_Cmd                      5000A   CONST
>
> and
>
> DQzshSystemAPI    PR            10I 0 EXTPROC('QzshSystem')
> D PR_Cmd                      5000A   VALUE OPTIONS(*STRING)
>
> I think any of these should work.
>
> Here is an example of what I have tried:
>
> C                   EVAL      CmdStrLen = %LEN(%TRIM(Cmd)) + 1
> C                   ALLOC     CmdStrLen     pCmdStr
> C                   EVAL      %STR(pCmdStr: CmdStrLen) = Cmd
> C                   EVAL      RtnCod = QzshSystemAPI(pCmdStr)
> C                   IF        RtnCod <> *ZEROS
> C                   CALLP     SndUnixErr('Error in Qsh Command: ' +
> C                                          %TRIM(Cmd))
> C                   EVAL      RtnErr = *ON
> C                   ENDIF
> C                   DEALLOC                 pCmdStr
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Morris