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

[Hein RMS van den Heuvel]

I enjoy using DCL$PATH, but it can get tricky, even scary.
DCL$PATH will aggressively look for executables or commands files to
activate.
This can lead to surprise and surprise errors.
I would NOT make it system wide logical, to avoid surprising others

Explicit symbol defintions are not all too much trouble to maintain,
and can help with larger numbers of directories and explicit file or
versions.
Silly example:   unzip == "$ dka100:[tools]unzip_20111016"

For ubiquitous tools like ZIP and UNZIP, I prefer to just stick them
in SYS$SYSTEM and use MCR to activate.
I might even consider adding an entry to the SYS$SYSTEM to add dka100:
[tools] to the list, and again use MCR, but I'm sure others would
frown on that suggestion.

Cheers,
Hein


On Oct 17, 1:51 pm, 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 ?