Re: Getting the library name from a CL program

[David.X.Kahn@xxxxxxx]

Joe wrote:

> However, I have never figured out a way to do the same thing from a CL.
> Anybody have any sneaky ways of doing this, or do I just use my tried
> and true method of wrapping the CL program in an RPG wrapper that
> determines the library?

We had this discussion back in 1999 and Brendan Bispham came up with a
method that was so sneaky I think it's nothing short of brilliant. You dump
the active program having first issued an override that causes the dump
command to fail. The library is in the resulting error message. :-)))

        DCL        VAR(&MSGDTA) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(20)
        OVRPRTF    FILE(QPPGMDMP) TOFILE(QSYS/QADSPOBJ)
        DMPCLPGM
        MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0000) EXEC(DO)
        RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*LAST) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA)
        SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(CPF9898) MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGDTA('The +
                     library is' *BCAT %SST(&MSGDTA 11 10))
        ENDDO

Dave...

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