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Joel, The QShell commands all write their output to STDOUT unless you specifically pipe the output somewhere else (like a file). On Unix systems when you don't care about the output, there's a directory called /dev/null that is usually used as the target of the pipe. I just looked at one of our systems and it too has a directory called /dev/null. You should be able to pipe the output of a command to this and the results just go away. Some older versions of OS/400 had this directory but it wasn't automatically cleared. We're on V5R1 and it seems to work the same as a Unix box now. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Joel Cochran [mailto:jrc@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:50 PM To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries Subject: Re: QzshSystem API Buck wrote: > You don't need QShell in order to create a directory. You can use the > OS/400 command: > MKDIR '/buck/x'. True enough, I realize, but I then need to 'cp -r /olddirectory /newdirectory', something for which I have found no native command. > If you must use QSH for some reason or another, try the CMD parameter: > QSH CMD('mkdir /buck/x'). BTDT... > If you do something that creates standard output, re-direct it to a file and > you won't get the 'close this window' prompt: > ovrdbf stdout qtemp/x > QSH CMD('mkdir /buck/x; ls -al /buck; rmdir /buck/x') > dsppfm qtemp/x Unfortunately I'm not creating stdout, I'm copying directory contents. I'm not sure overriding stdout would help me in this case. > Hope some of this was helpful. > --buck I appreciate the input, just not sure it will get me where I need to be. And naturally, at this point it is a matter of pride to figure out how to make the API work ;-) Thanks, Joel http://www.rpgnext.com _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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