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What is DBRC and how do you run it? Will it run under TSO? bobh

In the slick willie gates world, you'll find the answer and much more at www2.hursley.ibm.com check out objrexx bobh

woops ; that should have been yesterday_s = Date(s, (date(b) - 1),b) SBT bobh

yesterday_s = (s, (date(b) - 1),b) in most flavors of REXX. bobh

Could I ask WHY ???? bobh

The best approach is calculate the number of seconds since some date in history -- 1900-01-01 usually works; then nbr of seconds since is number of whole days*nbr of seconds per day PLUS seconds in current day and calculate for both and subtract. N E ???? bobh

This will give the next generation nbr for any root - ( base) NEXTGEN: PROCEDURE PARSE ARG ROOT LAST = 0; CALL OUTTRAP 'LINES.' ,, 'NOCONCAT'; ADDRESS TSO "LISTCAT LEVEL("||ROOT||")"; DO I = 1 TO LINES.0 PARSE VAR LINES.I '-- ' JUNK '.G0' NBR 'V00' ; IF (NBR >...

An ascii blackslash is deceimal 92 whcih is a * in ebcdic; The colon you're getting is REXX... bobh

Have you checked around www.mvshelp.com; they have an active REXX forum also... bobh

What is BMC REXX ? bob hamilton

Will the command work in ISPF ? bobh

There several techniques; go to www.mvshelp.com bobh

Short answer is: what ever you would type in the tso command line, put it in quotes. REXX has the unique ability to pass to the operating system anything it doesn't understand. bobh

Try ADDRESS and see what the command environment is. bobh

Look at www2.hursley.ibm.com the REXX home... they have some socket stuff.. btw, it would help if you gave more info about computer et c. bobh