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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Local Versus Global Command Options
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:18:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:42:56 -0500, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> Is it feasible for DCL?  Sure. Though it'll likely involve passing some 
> of the syntax to lib$table_parse or ilk for parsing, as do a few DCL 
> commands I've encountered (or have written) over the years.

What happens when you bypass DCL? So one program directly spawns another 
and gives it a command to execute. Can the receiving program behave the 
same in that case as if it were invoked from a shell?