EXECIO "linenum" parameter is not allowed with DIS

JOYEETA PAUL · New User Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 17 Location: bangalore

I am using a rexx prog where I want to use code where I want
to give starting position to write "M" numbers of lines from a PS file.
I used this code :
"EXECIO" M "DISKW MYDDM N (STEM LINES. OPEN"

MYDDM is my file's ddname
M is the no of lines I want to write.
N should be my starting position
But this code is not working for me.
It is giving the error:
IRX0615E EXECIO "linenum" parameter is not allowed with DISKW.

Can anybody help me?

superk · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:43 pm

Please review the syntax for the EXECIO command:

EXECIO lines DISKW ddname (write parms

where lines is either * or the number of lines to write
ddname is the required ddname
write parms are (STEM stemname OPEN or FINIS

there is no such thing as a "starting position" on a write.

Pedro · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:43 am

(I have never used this)

I think you want to read with DISKRU to position to the correct record, then follow with DISKW. But read the book first.