[Info-vax] SET SHADOW SYNTAX

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply <helbig at astro.multiclothesvax.de> wrote:

(snip, I wrote)

>> I don't remember trying this with DCL, but that is the way
>> that IBM JCL works.  If only the first subparameter, then no 
>> parens, otherwise parens.
 
>>    LABEL=(,NL)  DISP=OLD, DISP=(,KEEP) VOL=SER=MYDISK

> AFAIK, DCL always works this way, except with SET SHADOW.

This reminds me of ones from many years ago, where in some
cases one has to triple quotes when in a command file, though
when entered on the command line, only a single quote is needed.

Are there cases where parentheses are different between the
command line and a command file?

-- glen