[Info-vax] install/replace DCL.EXE

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In article <530b7549-451c-4869-828f-394a6901088b at n2g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, uruguru <jan.andersson at axfood.se> writes:
>Problem solved with help from HP.
>
>I did this:
>
>Install replace sys$common:[sysexe]dcl.exe. Works as it should.
>I can't recall the install command that caused my trouble.
>Probably using sys$system, but that is also working now, so I don't
>know.
>For you who wondered the files were in their proper places:
>
>Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]
>
>DCL.EXE;2            [SYSTEM]
>(RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
>DCL.EXE;1            [SYSTEM]
>(RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
>
>
>Looking through RMS both files were accessed after the first attempt:
>
>HUVTS1> pipe sho dev/files sys$sysdevice | sear sys$pipe dcl.exe
>                00000000  [VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]DCL.EXE;1
>                00000000  [VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]DCL.EXE;2
>
>After the proper install command I get:
>
>HUVTS1> pipe sho dev/files sys$sysdevice | sear sys$pipe dcl.exe
>                00000000  [VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]DCL.EXE;1
>                00000000  [VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]DCL.EXE;2
>                00000000  [VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]DCL.EXE;2
>
>Thats strange, but I don't bother now.
>Thanks for you concern.
>If I find out what I did wrong I will post it here

Well, you can't pull the carpet out from beneath processes that have
already mapped the ;1 version.  INSTALL will handle the KFEs and new
processes will map the new DCL.EXE, but those that were running when
you issued the INSTALL/REPLACE would still have the previous DCL.EXE
mapped.  I'd suggest you reboot to clean up this.  If it's not affect-
ing other processes, wait until it is convenient.  There are some VMS
processes started early on in the startup that map DCL.EXE, so even
if all of the interactive, batch or network logins, through attrition
over time, die  off, you will still see this mapped.

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