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- Message-ID: <L-VMCTR%92082710151894@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.l-vmctr
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:26:43 EDT
- Sender: VMCENTER Components Discussion List <L-VMCTR@AKRONVM.BITNET>
- From: Margaret King <19277MAK@MSU.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: vmxmacup
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:05:58 EDT from <SYSMRR@ALBNYVM1>
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- >( Or does vmxmacup know when it is not running under
- >vmsecure and issue some undocumented commands to vmsecure to
- >send files from vmrmaint, receive them on vmsecure, and load updates
- >into vmsecures virtual storage ? )
- >
- I believe vmxmacup is -normally- run from an id other than VMSECURE,
- and it puts the new macro somewhere (IUCV buffer??) and then issues an
- undocumented command to VMSECURE to come and get it. Like others who
- have responded, I use a second-level system for testing SCI stuff. I
- am glad I don't have to struggle with the other way; it sounds messy!
-
- Most of the SCI fixes I've applied have been at upgrade time, when I go
- out looking for them. It seems like our last few VMSECURE upgrades
- involved lots of macro updates - maybe more of those than zaps. But at
- least they're more human-readable than zaps.
-
- Margaret King
- Michigan State University
-