Re: Local Versus Global Command Options

On 2/21/2025 11:15 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

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.

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Mr Berryman, further up this thread, was so insistent that I was talking
through my hat. Remember he said:
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] Wrong again. There are a number of ways to invoke a program without
] going through DCL.
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and furthermore
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] You apparently know as little about VMS as you do programming in
] general.
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as well as
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] Everyone else: Yes, I've once again been forced to face the fact
] that you can't fix stupid.
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He couldn’t have made a mistake, could he?

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I don't see any indication of that.
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There are some ways to start a process with a DCL command
(and therefore DCL mapped).
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There are some ways to start a process without specifying a DCL
command and still getting a process with DCL mapped.
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There are some ways to start a process without DCL mapped.
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Arne
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Now I'm confused.  Were we discussing starting an image in an existing process, or starting a new process?
VMS has the capability of writing and reading to/from some process memory that is independent of any images.
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