Thanks Jim,

That is the problem, the continuation of the previous line.  You can't have
a comment line in the middle of a continued line.


doh!  8-(



-----Original Message-----
From: Jim McCoy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:25 AM
To: Larry Barnes
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Job Aborted on comment line


One thing I see is the & at the end of the run command.
This continues the command on the next line, then you have a comment.

jm
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: [HP3000-L] Job Aborted on comment line


> I have a job that I added a pound sign (#) in the 2nd column, after the
> exclamation point, see below:
>
> !#*************************************************
> !# Coldwater Creek Custom Code
> !# Clean-up FTPERROR group from yesterday's aborts
> !#*************************************************
> !   RUN MAIN.PUB.VESOFT,MPEX;INFO=&
> !#  "RENAME CW######(CREDATE=(TODAY-1)),CX######"
> !   "RENAME CW######(CREDATE=(TODAY-1)),./CX######.txt"
>
> I made this change yesterday and now the job aborts on this modification,
> see below:
>
> :#*************************************************
> :# Coldwater Creek Custom Code
> :# Clean-up FTPERROR group from yesterday's aborts
> :#*************************************************
> :   RUN MAIN.PUB.VESOFT,MPEX;INFO=&
> :#  "RENAME CW######(CREDATE=(TODAY-1)),CX######"
> Expected ' or " to start string. (CIERR 682)
> REMAINDER OF JOB FLUSHED.
> CPU sec. = 2935.  elapsed min. = 82.  THU, JAN 10, 2002,  1:37 AM.
>
> Why does the comment lines above this line work and the rename now aborts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Larry (confused) Barnes
>
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