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EXECIO Example 5
/**************************** REXX *********************************/
/* This exec illustrates the use of "EXECIO 0 ..." to open, empty, */
/* or close a file. It reads records from file indd, allocated */
/* to 'sams.input.dataset', and writes selected records to file */
/* outdd, allocated to 'sams.output.dataset'. In this example, the */
/* data set 'smas.input.dataset' contains variable-length records */
/* (RECFM = VB). */
/*******************************************************************/
"FREE FI(outdd)"
"FREE FI(indd)"
"ALLOC FI(outdd) DA('sams.output.dataset') OLD REUSE"
"ALLOC FI(indd) DA('sams.input.dataset') SHR REUSE"
eofflag = 2 /* Return code to indicate end-of-file */
return_code = 0 /* Initialize return code */
in_ctr = 0 /* Initialize # of lines read */
out_ctr = 0 /* Initialize # of lines written */
/*******************************************************************/
/* Open the indd file, but do not read any records yet. All */
/* records will be read and processed within the loop body. */
/*******************************************************************/
"EXECIO 0 DISKR indd (OPEN" /* Open indd */
/*******************************************************************/
/* Now read all lines from indd, starting at line 1, and copy */
/* selected lines to outdd. */
/*******************************************************************/
DO WHILE (return_code ¬ = eofflag) /* Loop while not end-of-file */
'EXECIO 1 DISKR indd' /* Read 1 line to the data stack */
return_code = rc /* Save execio rc */
IF return_code = 0 THEN /* Get a line ok? */
DO /* Yes */
in_ctr = in_ctr + 1 /* Increment input line ctr */
PARSE PULL line.1 /* Pull line just read from stack*/
IF LENGTH(line.1) > 10 then /* If line linger than 10 chars */
DO
"EXECIO 1 DISKW outdd (STEM line." /* Write it to outdd */
out_ctr = out_ctr + 1 /* Increment output line ctr */
END
END
END "EXECIO 0 DISKR indd (FINIS" /* Close the input file, indd */
IF out_ctr > 0 THEN /* Were any lines written to outdd?*/
DO /* Yes. So outdd is now open */
Figure 5. EXECIO Example 5
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