Re: free format replace I-specs and plist

Cool - look forward to seeing it. I had decided that should be my next OA project but am much happier to see you do it.

As to the message timing - that is odd - I’ve seen delays of an hour or more before (i.e. I see the answer and hour before I see the question) but 8 hours! That is a bit extreme. I’ve copied David on this in case he has any ideas as to how that can happen.


Jon Paris

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On Nov 19, 2016, at 1:39 AM, Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

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