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Article #3016Command in REXX to execute the text in a variable?
From: Shaun Burnett
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:39
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:39
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I'm writing a REXX .CMD file where I'm concatenating strings together to get a file name. I then put the name of the program to execute in another variable. What I would like to do is have the program execute with the file name variable as a parameter. So ... Filename='f:\utils\unzip -v ' Program='g:\aoc.zip' xxxxx Program,Filename where xxxxx is a command that would pass "f:\utils\unzip -v g:\aoc.zip" to an environment shell (DOS or OS/2). Any help would be greatly appreciated. I haven't found a "quick reference" that describes all the commands on one page, and it's a pain to have to look at the descriptions of commands one by one. Thanks. Shaun Burnett | "You can't survive on a new planet with a widow@camelot.bradley.edu | soul full of hope and fresh air you know." OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2 - Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!bradley.bradley.edu!camelot!widow From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Subject: Command in REXX to execute the text in a variable? Message-ID: <widow.722104795@camelot> Date: 18 Nov 92 16:39:55 GMT Article-I.D.: camelot.widow.722104795 Sender: news@bradley.bradley.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Bradley University Lines: 27