🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 04 Mar 1996 11:00:28 -0600, David Bratton (DBratton@uh.edu) wrote:
> 
> As of VMS 6.2 you have another option. You can define the logical
> DCL$PATH to point to the directory containing the executable.

Does this also work with lists of directories?

	$ define dcl$path sys$login,d1:[tools.exe],[]

This is a missing feature of VMS since version 1.0 :-)


BTW, for those without V6.2, I have written long time ago a
path-execution-emulation program called X.COM

From the help:

  X means eXecute:  execute a program, which can be found in a directory-
                    searchlist, as defined by the global DCL-symbol PATH.

  The program can be a VMS-image (type *.EXE) or a DCL-commandfile (type
  *.COM).
  Wildcards * and % are allowed as well as optionally passed parameters.

  Examples:  $ X LOGIN                    ! does a @SYS$LOGIN:LOGIN.COM
             $ X UUF* BLUB.BLAH BLUB.UUE  ! starts the image UUFIX.EXE and
                                          ! passes 2 parameters

  You can extend the search-path with: PATH==PATH+",<DIRECTORY>"
  Logicals are ok, too. eg:  PATH==PATH+",DD1:[FRAMSTAG.TOOLS],SYS$SCRATCH"


If you are interested in this program, send me a mail.

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