passing -rx flag in system call in processing

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

Now that I've had my dumb pill medicine - carry on.....
Simple oversight on my part.....thanks to all those that made me feel
especially dumb today lol

thanks

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:45 PM, Walter Vaughan Jr via Filepro-list <
filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:

> You need to have filePro expand the "zf" variable.
>  Turn the command you want into a varable as in
>
> XX="/u/appl/fp/dreport filename -f create -rx" <zf<"-u -a -v createselect"
>
> system xx
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+wvaughan=steelerubber.com@
> lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of scooter6--- via Filepro-list
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 2:40 PM
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> Subject: passing -rx flag in system call in processing
>
> I'm trying to execute the following within processing but doesn't seem to
> work...
>
>
> @done
> system "/u/appl/fp/dreport filename -f create -rx zf -u -a -v createselect
>
> where 'zf' is a variable I have defined in my processing....
>
> this doesn't do anything.....I have verified with a msgbox the value of zf
> is correct before it attempts to execute the above....
>
> but if I run from the command line
>
> /u/appl/fp/dreport filename -f create -rx "value of zf" -u -a -v
> createselect it runs just fine....
>
> Is it possible I can't run this because the processing is an output
> processing table of  filename ?
> (i.e. the same file I'm trying to run the system command is the same file
> where the output processing resides)
>
> thanks
>
> Scott
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