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BD> When ever I pass an argument to a REXX program the argument is
BD> converted to all capital letters for some bizzare reason. Is there
BD> any way to avoid this? I am trying to create a batch file to call
BD> the proper archiver from a DOS or OS/2 command prompt and InfoZip
BD> will only use a "-j" vs. the "-J" my REXX batch
file keeps passing.
BD>
BD> BTW - I am using:
BD>
BD> -------
BD>
BD> arg argument
BD> path"Zip.exe" argument
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The documentation says "arg" converts everything to uppercase. To get an
argument with lowercase intact use "parse arg argument".
Pete Young
pyoung {at}hookup.net
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