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  • Subject: Re: system()
  • From: "Barbara Morris/Toronto/IBM" <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:27:36 -0400
  • Importance: Normal


>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:09:53 -0400
>From: Jon.Paris@hal.it
>
>Here's a sample of the proto etc.  The description of the command should
be
>in the C/C++ Library function reference manual and in the C Language
>reference itself.  The main advantage over QCMDEXC is that you can not
only
>check if the command worked, but also determine why it failed.
>
>  D ErrorCode       S              7    Import('_EXCP_MSGID')
>
>  D CallSystem      Pr            10U 0 ExtProc('system')
>  D   CmdString                     *   Value Options(*String)

Jon, if you use QCMDEXC, you can get the message ID from positions 40-46 of
the PSDS, and if you want more information, you can receive the message.
With 'system', all you have is the message id - the message itself is gone.

Barbara Morris


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