Changing Parameter Value

[jmanj]

Hi all,

I'm writing a cobol program that calls a .ksh script
with 2 parameters. In my script it will look something
like this:

TMPDIR1="/DEVDIR/edi"
TMPDIR2="/DEVDIR/work"
WORKFILE="EDIFILE.txt"
TEMPFILE1="REJECT.TXT"
cd $TMPDIR1
parm2=$2 EXPORT parm2

IF $1=1; Then
cd $TMPDIR1

if [ -f $TMPDIR1/$TMPFILE1]; then

cp ${TMPDIR1}/${TMPFILE1} ${TMPDIR2}/`date +%y%m%d%H%M%S`${WORKFILE}

else

parm2=2

fi
fi


What I'm trying to do is to test if the file is present, if not then change parameter 2 value to 2 so that my cobol program can process the returned value. I don't know if this
is the correct way of doing it.

I'll appreciate any help on this!!!


jmanj

 

[hoinz]

Hi,

the value you have assigned to parm2 will not be available after your script has ended, no matter whether the script has been called by a Cobol program or by anything else.
What you want to do is to check the return code of the script.
I don't know anything about Cobol, but in any programming language there should be a way of doing it; if you need help, ask in a Cobol forum.
In your shell script, call exit 2, instead of parm2=2, and have your Cobol program check if returncode is 2.

hope this helps

 

[KenCunningham]

Alternatively, I guess you could write the value to a check file so that you can use that to do your test.

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[jmanj]

Thank you all for some hints on this. I'll try the cobol forum then. I know I can do this by writing a java script(api) but my client wants it in ksh. I was just wondering if there was a way of resetting paramatera to something but you have given me an idea about exit function
tho.

Thanks again.