[Info-vax] Internals questions

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

IanMiller wrote:
> On 25 Mar, 14:13, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
> wrote:
>> Example of using MBOX.EXE below.
>>
>>  From one process :
>>
>> $ cre/mailbox test_mbx
>> $ sh log test_mbx
>>     "TEST_MBX" = "MBA28887:" (LNM$JOB_8256DC00)
>> $ open/write tmp test_mbx
>> $ write tmp "ABCDEF"
>>
>> Then from another process :
>>
>> $ mbox MBA28887
>>
>> Device: MBA28887: (TEST_MBX/LNM$JOB_8256DC00)
>>
>>     Channels: 2, Operations: 0, Creator: 0000EE63 (SYSTEM_01)
>>
>>     Total size: 1056, Remaining: 1050, Message size: 256, Msgs: 1
>>
>>     Message number: 1, 6 bytes, Written by: 0000EE63 (SYSTEM_01) Waiting
>>                        4645 44434241 ABCDEF.............. 00000000
>> $
>>
>> At least for me, this is far easier then using SDA...
>> The tool was found on one of the VMS freeware distros, I think...
>>
>> Jan-Erik.
> 
> 
> 
> MBOX is somewhat dated but I wrote MBU which will view messages in
> mailboxes (formatted in various simple ways). It was on VMS FREEWARE
> V8 and can be found at
> http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv_search.exe?package=mbu
> See also
> http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv_search.exe?package=mbmon

OK, fine. Both are still easier then ANALYZ/SYSTEM... :-)

I see that MBU also can create mailboxes. Will it give something
that $ CREATE/MAILBOX don't ? (Apart from working on VMS versions
where CREATE/MAILBOX isn't available, of course...)

Jan-Erik.