Re: free format replace I-specs and plist

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

Not only did you answer your own question, you answered it this morning, 
more than 8 hours before you asked it when you told Arco it couldn't be 
done with free format. :-)

But for those who don't understand, I'm not using the CALL opcode (nor 
would I -- yuck)  I'm using a SPECIAL file.  SPECIAL files are the 
precursor to open access, and UNIXCMD was written in 2009, before OA was 
available.

A SPECIAL file has a feature (which UNIXCMD utilizes) where you can 
specify a PLIST on the F-spec (or DCL-F) and those parameters will be 
passed to the SPECIAL file program (the equivalent to the OA handler). 
But, the only way to generate a PLIST is using fixed format, since the 
PLIST concept (like SPECIAL files and the CALL opcode) are considered 
obsolete and so were never added to free format.

I will make an OA interface to UNIXCMD tomorrow.  Should be very easy to do.

On 11/18/2016 7:01 PM, Jon Paris wrote:
> OOOpppssss - answered my own question - I forgot that it was a SPECIAL file.