ispexec edit with rc = -3

[ivviva]

I nedd a rexx that for every member of a pds execute a macro, but when it's executed this step

address ISPEXEC "EDIT DATASET('"dsn"("mem")')" "MACRO("exec")"


the return code is -3. Why?
the dsn is fb 80, the macro saved in the same library of rexx.
thanks ivana

 

[rexxhead]

A return code of -3 almost always means that ADDRESS is set incorrectly. For instance:

address TSO
"DISPLAY PANEL(....)"

or

address ISPEXEC
"ALLOC FI(...."

Each of these will trip with a RC=-3.

Frank Clarke
Tampa Area REXX Programmers' Alliance
REXX Language Assn Listmaster

 

[kevinpink]

Look here:
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ISPEXEC "EDIT DATASET('"dsn"("mem")')" "MACRO("exec")"

I don;t think that break should be there, as MACRO is a parameter of the EDIT command.

Might want to try:

ISPEXEC "EDIT DATASET('"dsn"("mem")') MACRO("exec")"