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Article #279Re: Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!)
From: garry
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1986 02:22
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1986 02:22
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In a recent article g-rh@cca.UUCP (Richard Harter) wrote: > I'm not a VMS guru but I know enough to know that this is all >getting a little confused... >... >mcr xyz arg1 arg2 arg3 >... There is ample confusion here already just explaining "foreign" and "DCL table" commands -- you're not helping!! (For those who want to know - "mcr" is a leftover from version 1 VMS. It was intended for use in running "compatibility mode" images. It DOES also happen to work on "native mode" images, but the defaulting is weird - "xyz" defaults to SYS$SYSTEM rather than the local directory. I would recommend using "foreign" definitions instead, especially for system utilities. Users of "mcr" should be suspected of being wizards.) -- garry wiegand (garry%cadif-oak@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utcs!mnetor!seismo!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!garry From: garry@batcomputer.UUCP Newsgroups: net.decus,net.unix Subject: Re: Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!) Message-ID: <612@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Date: Sun, 13-Jul-86 22:22:59 EDT Article-I.D.: batcompu.612 Posted: Sun Jul 13 22:22:59 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jul-86 07:29:45 EDT Reply-To: garry%cadif-oak@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu Organization: Cornell Engineering && Flying Moose Graphics Lines: 18