EXECIO Function -- Syntax and Examples

EXECIO [rcdcnt | *] DISKR filename[startrcdnum | 1] ([FINIS] [FIFO | LIFO | SKIP]

EXECIO [rcdcnt | *] DISKR filename[startrcdnum | 1] ([STEM stemname [FINIS]

EXECIO [rcdcnt | *] DISKW filename[([STEM stemname] [FINIS]]

execio * diskr "c:\config.sys" (stem ConfigLines. finis

reads all the lines in the file "c:\config.sys" into the stem variable ConfigLines.

execio * diskr "c:\config.sys" (finis fifo

reads all the lines in the file "c:\config.sys" into the current REXX queue

execio * diskw "newcfg.lst" (stem ConfigLines. finis

writes all the elements in the stem variable ConfigLines to the file "newcfg.lst" in the current directory

passes the contents of the variable MyCmd, which contains the EXECIO command, to the current "subcommand" environment (in this case, "TSO":)

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