[Info-vax] SET SHADOW SYNTAX

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

Normally, single parameters after "=" are OK, but more than one give

   %DCL-W-PARMDEL, invalid parameter delimiter - check use of special characters

with the complaint about the first character after "=" being an invalid
delimiter.  The solution is to enclose the list in parentheses. 
However, as long as there is only one parameter per "=", everything is 
OK, e.g. $ DIR/SEL=SIZ=MIN=1000.  SET SHADOW seems to obey these rules, 
but $ SET SHADOW/POLICY=HBMM=MASTER_LIST=* doesn't; one has to specify
$ SET SHADOW/POLICY=HBMM=(MASTER_LIST=*).  Why is this?  Does it have 
anything to do with the troublesome parameter being "*"?  (Since, unlike 
unix, DCL doesn't itself expand wildcards but rather this is done in the 
corresponding program, I wouldn't expect "*" to behave any differently 
than any other parameter.)