[Info-vax] Foreign commands ... newbie question

[Bob Gezelter]

On Oct 17, 7:51 am, supervinx <ness... at libero.it> wrote:
> I must add many foreign commands.
>
> I could:
> 1) Add a long list of
> unzip :== $DKA100:[tools]unzip.exe
> ....
>
> but it's not so flexible
>
> I've read about DCL$PATH (I'm using OVMS 8.3)
>
> Where is the best way to define it ?
>
> SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM ?

supervinx,

Foreign commands are defined as symbols within the DCL symbol table(s)
in each process. Thus, they must be defined in either LOGIN.COM or
other command file executed during the login sequence.

You may find my OpenVMS.org series of articles on login scripts of
interest, particularly the article on group-wide logins at
http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=10/09/30/1439915.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com