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- From: gezelter@rlgsc.com
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Installing software
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.141048.244@rlgsc.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 19:10:48 GMT
- References: <6204@tuegate.tue.nl>
- Organization: Robert Gezelter Software Consultant, Flushing, NY
- Lines: 58
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- In article <6204@tuegate.tue.nl>, 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.
- >
- > The answer could be obvious, but I'm new to VMS, and I've no system manger
- > to give me the support (I'm my own system manager...). So _please_ respond.
- >
- > Regards,
- > Frank.
- >
- >
- > ========================------------------>
- > #define NAME "Frank van de Pol" /| : a typical PC boot sequence: :-(
- > #define ADDRESS "mgr. Nelislaan 10" / | : tick, tick, tick, .(etc)., tick
- > #define CITY "4741 AB Hoeven" /--| : bhuurrrrrr, bruzzzzzz, pieereep
- > #define COUNTRY "The Netherlands" / | : doggadoggadoggadoggadogga brrrr
- > #define EMAIL "frankp@stack.urc.tue.nl" : 530 kB free memory (of 8MEG???)
- >
- >
- --
- Frank,
-
- What you need to do is define a DCL symbol which points at the
- image to be executed. For example, the following command is used
- in my LOGIN.COM to setup a symbol for KERMIT, which has the
- capability to get its paramters from the command line:
-
- $ KERMIT :== $ KERMIT
-
- KERMIT happens to be in SYS$SYSTEM, so I do not need to specify a
- device name. In another case, where the applications program does
- not reside in SYS$SYSTEM, I use the command:
-
- $ SETUPLABLST :== @ FREDDISK:SETUPLABLST
-
- FREDDISK is a logical which points to a directory where all of
- the production software is housed.
-
- I hope that the above is helpful. If I can be of further
- assistance, please feel free to contact me.
-
- - Bob
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