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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: LIB$SPAWN and privileges...
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 06:06:53 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <01GTXJV9AHTU000EP7@SCI.WFEB.EDU>
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- In article <01GTXJV9AHTU000EP7@SCI.WFEB.EDU>, MACRIDES@SCI.WFEB.EDU (Foteos Macrides) writes:
- = Has anybody written a SYS$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.
-
- Do you have any idea what system services *ARE*? Why don't you also ask for a
- C compiler system service?
-
- And why the hell are you so reticent about providing us with your useless code?
- How did the parent process end up hibernating? Just how have you tried to SPAWN
- the subprocess, for example?
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-