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- Subject: Re: LIB$SPAWN and privileges...
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 14:57:24 GMT
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- In article <01GTXHT0P1IC00007S@SCI.WFEB.EDU>, Stephen Tihor <tihor@ACF3.NYU.EDU> writes:
- > FYI there are things called user written system services which are
- > a fair approximation to installed privileged sharable images. They requires
- > special caution in writing whihc is probably why Carl did not include them.
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- Has anybody written a SYS$PURGE and/or SYS$RENAME system service? I
- want to do some file cleanup operations from a CtrlY-trapping AST, and can't
- use LIB$SPAWN or system() cuz the child process can't bring the parent back
- out of hibernation.
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