Re: Intermittent putenv() problem -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Intermittent putenv() problem
From: Mark S Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 22:08:45 -0400
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Justin,

Instead of using RMVENVVAR and "putenv" why not just issue the ADDENVVAR command with REPLACE(*YES) specified?

Mark S. Waterbury

> On 8/31/2017 5:24 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:

I thought that too, which is why I previously added the RMVENVVAR.

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From: Jeff Young [mailto:jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 2:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Intermittent putenv() problem

Just a WAG, but perhaps the putEnv only loads the number of bytes provided and leaves anything else that was there?

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

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