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From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>
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Subject: Re: Local Versus Global Command Options
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:53:37 -0500
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On 2/21/2025 11:15 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 2/21/2025 10:09 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:45:05 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> It is possible to start a process without CLI (sys$creprc or run process
>>> - with an image that is not loginout.exe).
>>>
>>> In that case I don't think there are a concept of arguments.
>>> I don't see a way to pass arguments. Arguments are something CLI provide
>>> to image, so no CLI means no arguments.
>>
>> Mr Berryman, further up this thread, was so insistent that I was talking
>> through my hat. Remember he said:
>>
>> ] Wrong again. There are a number of ways to invoke a program without
>> ] going through DCL.
>>
>> and furthermore
>>
>> ] You apparently know as little about VMS as you do programming in
>> ] general.
>>
>> as well as
>>
>> ] Everyone else: Yes, I've once again been forced to face the fact
>> ] that you can't fix stupid.
>>
>> He couldn’t have made a mistake, could he?
>
> I don't see any indication of that.
>
> There are some ways to start a process with a DCL command
> (and therefore DCL mapped).
>
> There are some ways to start a process without specifying a DCL
> command and still getting a process with DCL mapped.
>
> There are some ways to start a process without DCL mapped.
>
> Arne
>
>
>

Now I'm confused.  Were we discussing starting an image in an existing process, 
or starting a new process?

VMS has the capability of writing and reading to/from some process memory that 
is independent of any images.

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