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echo: os2prog
to: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
from: Bill Hemenway
date: 1995-01-13 04:58:28
subject: Vivat Rexx!

BH>
  >       CALL STREAM('F:\VXREXX\TEST.TXT','C','SEEK <0')
  >       CALL LINEOUT('F:\VXREXX\TEST.TXT','Hi Bill')
  >       CALL STREAM('F:\VXREXX\TEST.TXT','C','CLOSE')
BH>

 JdBP>   REXX is not BASIC !

 JdBP>   When you use CALL to invoke a procedure, do not use parentheses.

 JdBP>   It's a common mistake.

Thanks I finally figured that out.


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