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Sathish C
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‎06-02-2004 12:57 AM

‎06-02-2004 12:57 AM

Unix - Cobol

Is it possible to pass an argument to an Unix system call command in Cobol .

Ex

Inside cobol

EXHIBIT NAMED WS02-OUTPUT-FILE-NAME.
call "system" using by reference 'll WS02-OUTPUT-FILE-NAME" GIVING AR02-STATUS
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Jean-Luc Oudart
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‎06-02-2004 01:58 AM

‎06-02-2004 01:58 AM

Re: Unix - Cobol

We use it this way
CALL 'SYSTEM' USING WSAA-CMD

with :
01 WSAA-CMD.
03 FILLER PIC X(8) VALUE ' 03 FILLER PIC X VALUE x'00'.

You can also trp the return code :

CALL 'SYSTEM' USING WSAA-CMD RETURNING return-code
The type for return code is explained in tge Cobol reference manual.

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Jean-Luc
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