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On 28 Feb 1996 23:27:38 GMT, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
wrote:

>In article <4h1u5d$s5c@news.fsu.edu>, meil@firnvx.firn.edu (Lynn Mei) writes:
>=Could someone tell me how to run a C program which takes command line 
>=arguments on VAX/VMS? I have checked the FAQ about openVMS and tried the 
>=instructions. But I couldn't get it work. I don't have an openVMS mannual.  
>=Please help me!
>=
>=My program is like:
>=
>=/* myprog.c */
>=  
>=  main(argn, **argv)
>=  {
>=  
>=     ...
>=
>=  }
>=
>=If run on Unix or DOS, I could type something like
>=
>=  myprog -lu abcd
>=
>=How to run it on VMS?
>=
>=I'd appreciate your help!
>
>From the FAQ which you claim to have read:
>------------------------------------------------------------
>DCL1.   How do I run a program with arguments?
>
>The RUN command does not accept arguments.  To pass arguments to a program,
>you must use what is called a "foreign command".  For example:
>
>	$ uudecode :== $disk:[dir]uudecode.exe
>	$ uudecode filespec
>
[snip]

This discussion belongs in comp.os.vms but...
There is another option.  You can cause a program to execute as a
foreign command with the MCR command.  In the above example you could
do:

$ mcr uudecode filespec

If uudecode.exe is not in sys$system then you must provide the
complete device and directory specification of uudecode.

Regards,

Ken Williams
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