In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] says...
>
>     I am trying to find a way to programmatically extract the version
>     number stored in an XL file.
>
>     Our XL's are made of COBOL subroutines.  One of these subroutines has
>     a $VERSION compiler option.  If we run VERSION.PUB.SYS on the XL file
>     the version information is displayed.  I just can't figure out how to
>     get at it programmatically.
>

Use the COMMAND intrinsic to run VERSION with it's output redirected to a file.
Then open the file and read the contents.

Just a shot in the dark.....

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Mark Landin
T. D. Williamson, Inc.
UNIX Sys. Admin
"If you take the smooth, you gotta take the rough" -- Rob Halford