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

[Steven Schweda]

On Oct 17, 6:51 am, supervinx <ness... at libero.it> wrote:

> I could:
> 1) Add a long list of
> [...]

   I would.  (I do.)

> but it's not so flexible

   What kind of flexibility do you seek, exactly?

> I've read about DCL$PATH (I'm using OVMS 8.3)

   I've read about it, too, but I've never used it (except as
an experiment).  I've spent too much time on UNIX(-like)
systems, asking "which xxx" or "whence xxx" or "type xxx",
trying to figure out what "xxx" actually means, to want to
repeat the process on any VMS systems.  (I don't even know
how to do a "which xxx" on VMS.  Is there a way?  "show
symbol xxx" works for me every time.)

> Where is the best way to define it ?
> SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM ?

   Definitely not.

> I have a single command file UTIL_SYMB.COM [...]

   Around here, it's "UTILITY:UTILITY.COM".  (And it also
defines a few logical names, too.)