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Subject: Re: VI* on VMS
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:06:55 -0400
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On 10/22/2024 6:42 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 10/22/2024 3:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:34:28 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> VMS IDE is not an obvious choice to add a line to SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.
>>
>> Is that an rc.local equivalent?
>>
>> You’d think by this time VMS would have acquired a more modular service
>> definition architecture, à la systemd.
> 
> It does, sort of. It's more modular anyway.  Virtually nobody uses it.  
> The SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM method is what most people got started with in pre 
> VAX/VMS 5.0 and few have moved on.  Check these out for info:
> 
> OpenVMS STARTUP - Underappreciated Flexibility - http://www.rlgsc.com/ 
> publications/openvmsstartupunderappreciatedflexibility.html
>    The PDF - http://www.rlgsc.com/publications/ 
> openvmsstartupunderappreciatedflexibility.pdf
> Adding a file to Startup - http://www.rlgsc.com/blog/openvms-consultant/ 
> adding-file-to-startup.html

SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM works fine.

People have 20-30-40 lines in it. After initial installation they add
maybe a few lines per year and in rare cases remove a line.

One does not need a huge advanced system to do that.

Arne