Shirley,

  When you run the posix utilities, or the shell itself, from the CI and
you want to pass parameters, you need to enclose the parms in quotes, ex:

:tobyte.hpbin.sys "test2 test3"
        or
:run tobyte.hpbin.sys;info="test2 test3"

  If you only pass one parm, you can omit the quotes.  Check the CI help on
the :RUN command or the Commands Reference Manual for help on IMPLIED RUN.

Bob Rose

Shirley A MacLaughlin <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article
<01BD03E7.56D6FA60@shirl>...
> I need some expert help, please.
> The following is all the info I can find on TOBYTE
>
> :run help.hpbin.sys;info="tobyte"
>
> tobyte -- convert MPE record files to byte stream files
> Usage:  tobyte [-at] mpe_file [hfs_filename]
> -a      open the input file as an ASCII file
> -t      strip trailing blanks from each line in an ASCII file
>
> but when I try the above syntax (whether or not including -at)
>
> :tobyte.hpbin.sys test2 test3
>                         ^
> Expected a comma or a semicolon. (CIERR 10125)
> Implied run command failed due to parser error. (CIERR 9057)
>
> What am I doing wrong? I've tried just about everything, including
running from
>  the shell. But I obviously haven't found the secret.
>
> Help, and thanks.
>
> Shirl, (Crossley Carpet Mills, Truro, NS)
>