[Info-vax] install/replace DCL.EXE

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Mon Sep 14 18:39:08 EDT 2009


In article <MPG.2518896f59d39aa09896a9 at news.verizon.net>, John Santos <john at egh.com> writes:
>In article <00A918D7.9E7FC7C5 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  
>@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> 
>> In article <001fe0d6$0$1357$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>> >R.A.Omond wrote:
>> >
>> >>> I have a new dcl.exe that I want to use.
>> >> 
>> >> In which case, I apologise for guessing wrongly :-)
>> >> 
>> >> Logging out and back in again is necessary and sufficient.
>> >
>> >Is it possible that VMS insists on using dcl.exe;1 (like it does for
>> >directories) ?
>> 
>> Could it be he did something stupid like defining DCL.EXE with a version
>> number when using the INSTALL utility?
>
>Or putting the new dcl.exe in sys$specific: instead of sys$common:?

Yeap.  That was a common screw-up with DCLTABLES.EXE.
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