Re: Can't Open IFS file problem - Resolved

["James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> That's why I said the following (copy & paste from my original message):
>
>    If you want to make it longer than that, you have to either pass a
> variable from another program, or you need to make a command
> interface for your program.


My apologies. I wasn't following the thread all that closely, and missed
that part entirely.

Personally, I've never understood why anybody would fail to provide one
for ANY *PGM intended to be called from the command line or used in a
SBMJOB. If the *PGM's parameter structure is simple enough that it CAN be
called directly from the command line, then writing a *CMD for it is
almost trivial (and yet still makes it a lot easier to use);
contrapositively, if a *CMD is non-trivial to write, then its *PGM is
almost certainly impossible (or at least impractical) to use from the
command line without one.

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JHHL