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- From: gvrod@isuvax.iastate.edu (R Eldridge, VMS FOREVER)
- Subject: Re: Installing software
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- References: <6204@tuegate.tue.nl>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:10:59 GMT
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- frankp@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Frank van de Pol) writes:
- >Hello,
- >is there anybody that could help me with the following problem:
- >
- >I want to 'install' some utilities that have to get their parameters from
- ^^^^^^^
- >the commandline. For example 'ZIP -E TEST.ZIP FILE1.TXT FILE2.TXT'. If I
- >try to run this using 'RUN ZIP -E etc.', I get some error from DCL that tells
- >me that I give too many parameters.
- >
- >Running the install program, and giving a
- ^^^^^^^
- >'Create/open/shared sys$sharedprogs:zip.exe' command to register the zip.exe
- >program to system doesn't cure the problem.
- >
- >[...]
- >
-
- wanting to 'install' a utility has a completely different meaning than
- using the VMS INSTALL utility. what you really want is to create what
- VMS calls a foreign command. do this either in your own LOGIN.COM file
- or the system-wide SYLOGIN.COM file.
-
- $ ZIP :== $disk:[directory]ZIP
-
- replace disk:[directory] with the actual disk and directory or use a
- logical name such as SYS$SHAREDPROGS. then after login, you can say:
-
- ZIP -E etc.
- ___
- rod eldridge
- vms systems support | gvrod@isuvax.iastate.edu
- iowa state university | gvrod@isuvax.bitnet
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