[Info-vax] SHOW DEVICE/SEMI_FULL

[Rob Brooks]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes: 
> 
> I wouldn't use the SHOW SHADOW with all its C kludginess/horkiness either
> until it's fixed.

Actually SET/SHOW SHADOW is written in both BLISS and C.  For those with
access to the listings, check [SHADOWING]SETSHOSHADOW.LIS for the BLISS stuff.

For the problems with sprintf and embedded CR LF, I'll plead guilty. 

In my defence, I had been in the process of replacing as much c-specific stuff
with more appropriate VMSisms (in this case, using $FAO), but that work never
got completed. Again for those with the listings, check out
[shadowing]setshoshadow_serversubs.lis -- my comment added on 09-Jan-2004 was
"Replace all uses of sprintf with call to $fao."  Unfortunately, I never got
around to fixing setshoshadow2.c :-(. 

Again, sorry for the annoying output.

The C stuff in shadowing was added coincident with the Host-Based Minimerge
project. Despite Brian's views, the use of C was favoured as the language of
choice by the more senior (and well-known) members of VMS Engineering, one of
whom literally wrote the book on C and Alpha device drivers, and another of 
whose name can be found on listings for VAX/VMS V1.0.

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Rob Brooks    CFE -- Marlborough, MA		brooks!cuebid.usa.hp.com