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- From: frank@tomcat.rd.ray.com (Frank Sandy)
- Subject: Re: Can DCL programs execute 'other' commands ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.133712.18548@tomcat.rd.ray.com>
- Organization: Raytheon Co., Research Division, Lexington, MA
- References: <01GTUMJYR28G8Y6FL7@JCSVAX1.BITNET> <1jvfpnINNjtu@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:37:12 GMT
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- In article <1jvfpnINNjtu@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
- >You put $ signs only at the beginnings of DCL commands, not in front of lines
- >which are data for an image. In your case, you want:
- > $ MAIL
- > READ 1
- > READ 2
- > EXIT
-
- Carl's reply is generally correct, but it won't work well for
- programs like mail that may need to display more than one screen between
- READ commands. An indeterminate number of blank lines would be needed
- between the READ 1 and READ 2, etc.
-
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