On Dec 8,  2:39pm, Shirley A MacLaughlin wrote:
> 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)

When you are running the TOBYTE.HPBIN.SYS program from the CI as above
(implied run) the parameter after the filename is the info string.
The CI requires that the INFO string be quoted if it contains any parser
delimiters, and a blank is a parser delimiter.  So you need to do this
from the CI:
   :tobyte.hpbin.sys "test2 test3"   # quotes needed
or
   :setvar hppath hppath+",hpbin.sys"
   :tobyte "-at test2 test3"         # quotes still needed
or
  :sh        # invoke UDC to run the POSIX shell
  $tobyte -at TEST2 TEST3   #note in the shell all filenames are case sensitive

Regards,
Jeff Vance, CSY

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