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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.spitfire.i.gajendra.net!not-for-mail From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Local Versus Global Command Options Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:57:23 -0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: <vpcvlj$scc$1@reader2.panix.com> References: <vonh1j$3fukn$1@dont-email.me> <vpas10$3irvn$1@dont-email.me> <vpau3j$3j7d2$1@dont-email.me> <vpboct$3r1ga$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:57:23 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="spitfire.i.gajendra.net:166.84.136.80"; logging-data="29068"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Originator: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) Bytes: 2186 Lines: 29 In article <vpboct$3r1ga$1@dont-email.me>, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote: >On 2/21/2025 5:18 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:42:56 -0500, Stephen Hoffman wrote: >> >>> Is it feasible for DCL? Sure. Though it'll likely involve passing some >>> of the syntax to lib$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? > >Well, that depends upon the requirements and design, right? > >I've done quite a bit of such, but, I never depended on some set design, never >even considered it, I designed what I needed and implemented it. > >Don't know why anyone would ever do anything else ?????? In the context of this thread, they probably wouldn't. This discussion, which Arne is jumping into as a willing participant, is not about technical enlightenment or discussion, but rather a vehicle for the troll OP to preen and strut around, imaging himself oh-so-very-clever indeed, while making snide comments about systems he doesn't even attempt to appreciate. - Dan C.