Re: More automated backup

[lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxx (lg - Loyd Goodbar)]

On Thu, 15 Jan 98 20:24:23 -0500, boothm@ibm.net wrote:

>on 01/15/98at 04:02 AM,  our friend lgoodbar@tecinfo.com (lg - Loyd
>Goodbar) said:
>
>>VALUE('APCUST GLCUST HRCUST')
>
>would this work for you?
>VALUE('APCUST ' *cat 'GLCUST ' *cat 'HRCUST')

I've already worked around it (very long, code intensive and
redundant). The problem is that the LIB parameter on the SAVLIB
command doesn't like a character string list.

(From _OS/400 CL Programming V3R6_)

"When variables are used to specify elements in a list, each element
must be declared separately."

This works:
DCL VAR(&LIB1) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) VALUE('APCUST')
DCL VAR(&LIB2) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) VALUE('GLCUST')
DCL VAR(&LIB3) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) VALUE('HRCUST')
SAVLIB LIB(&LIB1 &LIB2 &LIB3)

This doesn't:
DCL VAR(&LIBS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(20) VALUE('APCUST HRCUST GLCUST')
SAVLIB LIB(&LIBS)

It seems like an odd limitation on the commands or variable
processing, but I worked around it.

 - lg -

--  
"Just don't give up, take it easy,
 and the rest will take care of itself." --Belldandy
lgoodbar@tecinfo.com  ICQ#504581  http://www.tecinfo.com/~lgoodbar/
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com".
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---