Re: QSHELL commands (was: Stmf copy with add)

Hi James,

In addition to the fact that you don't have to type all that, you could also
create your own version. Clone CPYF as CP, and set the default MBROPT to
*REPLACE, and there you have it. With F1, F4 available if you need them.

And you shouldn't be using WRKSPLF to look at your compile errors, IMHO. You
should be using SEU, F15, option 2, then F *ERR.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

From: "James Rich" <james@eaerich.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: QSHELL commands (was: Stmf copy with add)


> On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 jpcarr@tredegar.com wrote:
>
> > I wish I had a sanitized, Keyword Driven, visible Default Value,  F1 F4
> > aware,   interface for them.
> > The ( jar -cfM myfile.zip file1.csv.......) is a good example  Just look
at
> > it.  letting the F1 F4 issue aside for a moment,  wouldn't it be better
to
> > have that function look like
> >
> > CPYF  FROMFILE(mylib/myfile) TOFILE(somelib/somefile)   etc  ???
>
> You are kidding here, right?  You would really rather type:
>
> CPYF  FROMFILE(mylib/myfile) TOFILE(somelib/somefile)
>
> than
>
> cp file1 file2
>
> ?
>
> > I love the Pipeing too Leif  but it's not a "To Unix or Not to Unix"   I
> > would like a simple parameter on the DSPMSGD MSGID(mymsgf/msgid)
> > PIPETO(mylib/myfile)   doncha think that and others like it would be
> > neat???
>
> You don't pipe to a file, that is input/output redirection as in:
>
> cat file1 > file2
>
> You pipe the output of one program into the input of another program, as
> in:
>
> cat file1 | grep "John Doe"
>
> As far as sending error messages to stderr (or stdout) I say Hooray!!  Why
> should I always have to do WRKSPLF to look at how my compile went.  Just
> show me what is going on on the screen!  If I want to save the errors and
> compile messages to a file then I'll use output redirection to put them
> there.
>
> I come from a unix background so of course I have that bias, but I think
> the "standard" AS/400 commands are clunky and hard to use.  Prompting is
> nice, but not really any better than <command --help>.
>
> > Sorry I was misconstrued.   I want understandable KeyWords, Visible
> > Defaults,  F1 F4 prompting, Like I have already have had for 20 years.
> > It's like going back to Sys/34 Procs with Positional Parameters like
> >
> > MYPROC y,,Myfile,.*FIRST,N,,2,mylib  ( what the @#$% does that do??)
>
> Oh come on, that is not the same as the unix command line.  While it is
> true that unix commands often require *relative* positional relationships,
> they don't require *absolute* positional relations.  You don't have to
> tell them that you are leaving an argument out - just leave it out.
>
> > I want the Function of QSH,  with MY CMD interface.
>
> You got peanut butter in my chocolate!  You got chocolate in my peanut
> butter!  <bg>  The unix command line is that way partly because over time
> and lots of use that is what has been found to work.  After re-reading
> this email I sound like the unix-geeks against the os/400-geeks.  I don't
> mean to sound that way.  But as strong as some statements have been
> against the way commands work in QSH I felt it important to say that
> others disagree (well one other anyway).  Now maybe I won't *have* to
> press that *@#$ F4 key all the time just to get some work done.  I don't
> have fingers to waste on typing those stupid keywords.
>
> > Just My Opinion.
>
> And just mine, too.
>
> James Rich
> james@eaerich.com
>
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