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- From: ORAKEL@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Framstag)
- Subject: [NO]BROADCAST
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.204537.1374@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>
- Sender: news@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de (News Net)
- Organization: University of Ulm, Germany
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 20:45:37 GMT
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- I was asked why there are 2 similar commands:
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- set broadcast=all/none
- set terminal/[no]broadcast
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- I know that set broadcast offers more parameters, but why are there 2
- different commands? Why cannot VMS use only one for the same function?
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- \ Ulli 'Framstag' Horlacher \ psi%0262450502601::rzmain::orakel \
- \ Student consultant VAX/VMS and networks \ orakel@dulruu51.bitnet \
- \ Rechenzentrum Universitaet Ulm Germany \ orakel@rz.uni-ulm.de \
- \ "With mainframes you just can do nonsense, with PCs not even that." \
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