Re: Additional Error Specs from C-Proc. 'system'

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Werner,

You wrote:
>In case of an error I just can get back the message ID.
>As I'm not familar with the C language I wonder if (and how) it would be
>possible to get back more error message informations (e.g. message data,
>message text, message file, message file library) in this procedure.

You can't.  system() removes the (any? all?) error messages and simply
returns an integer result.  That's how system works on other platforms.
Welcome to cross-platform, lowest common denominator crap!  On the AS/400
it has been extended to set _EXCP_MSGID to the error message ID.

If you want proper message control you will have to use an AS/400 method:
QCMD or QCAPCMD.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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