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Re: [open-cobol-list] Calling a system function in Open Cobol.
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John R. Culleton |
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Re: [open-cobol-list] Calling a system function in Open Cobol. |
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Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:08:48 -0400 |
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On Sunday 25 June 2006 19:37, John R. Culleton wrote:
> In other COBOL compilers on a *nix system it is possible to
> execute a system call like this:
> CALL "system" USING "ls -l".
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> On Open Cobol this code compiles clean and executes but the system
> function "ls -l" does not appear to work.
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> Any hints?
Addendum: it works fine in Tiny Cobol. Even without continued
support that is stll the better "free" Cobol IMO.
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John Culleton
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