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  3. November 2011

Re: Quick question, before I reinvent any wheels

CRPence wrote:
pgm parm(&inpstr)
dcl &inpstr *char 30
dcl &qshrqs *char 2000
dcl &outnam *char 30 'output.txt'
chgvar &qshrqs 'touch -C 819 '
chgvar &qshrqs (&qshrqs *bcat &outnam *tcat ';')
chgvar &qshrqs (&qshrqs *tcat 'echo "')
chgvar &qshrqs (&qshrqs *tcat &inpstr )
chgvar &qshrqs (&qshrqs *tcat '" > ' *bcat &outnam)
sndpgmmsg msg(&qshrqs) topgmq(*ext) tomsgq(*topgmq)
qsh cmd(&qshrqs)
endpgm

Thanks, Chuck: that's slicker than frog scat. Not that Vern's answer wouldn't have also worked, but this was quite remarkable, and it runs fast on the customer box.

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JHHL

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