Re: Local Versus Global Command Options

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).
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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