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Subject: Re: VMS x86-64 database server
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:09:17 +0200
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On 7/10/25 21:52, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/10/2025 3:50 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 7/9/2025 3:55 PM, hb0815 wrote:
>>> For linking with a single shareable, there is also a one-liner like:
>>> $ pipe write sys$output "s/share" | link m,sys$pipe/opt
>>
>> Clever.
>>
>> But not a style I would recommend.

I don't know what you would recommend. Using pipe is just another 
example. And, if wanted or needed, here you can use symbol substitution.

>> When I read it then I wondered why you used SYS$PIPE and
>> not SYS$INPUT.

There is no reason. It's just out of habit.

>> They can be different but I don't think they are in this case.
> 
> And if someone want to see a case where they are different,
> then this weird DCL does:
> ...

As you probably know, the difference is documented. One example is:

$ help/noprompt/nopage PIPE Description Pipelines_and_TEEs 
Using_TEEs_and_SYS