Re: Can I run the DOS FC command from Rexx?

In Message-ID:<61bpq4dmcv5nqo8kjutf6s9v1igrod55u1@xxxxxxx>,
Three Lefts <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I tried to execute the DOS FC (file compare) command from a Rexx exec.
I keep getting a weird return code.

I tried

'FC /B' fid1 fid2

and

Address command 'FC /B' fid1 fid2

In both cases, Result is set to "READY:".

I would like to get a return code that indicates whether the two files
are identical at the bit level.

Here's a snippet from mine:

oldtrace = trace("O")
'fc "' || file1 || '" "' || file2 || '" > f:\diff'
exitcode = rc
trace oldtrace

if exitcode = "RC" | exitcode = 0 then
do
'type f:\diff'
exit 0
end
if exitcode < 2 then 'list f:\diff'

exit rc

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