[Info-vax] %DCL-W-IVDTIME and the DCL WAIT command

[Steven Schweda]

On Jan 25, 2:22 pm, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
wrote:

> Why did you think that WAIT supports waiting more then 24 hours ?

   HELP WAIT says "delta-time".  It does not say
"special-sub-normal-delta-time".  You need to burrow down to
"HELP WAIT Parameter" before you discover that this
"delta-time" is more limited than an ordinary "delta-time".
("Note that the days field, usually included in the delta
time format, must be omitted here.")

   A casual reading by a victim who knows what a "delta-time"
is might easily leave him confused.

   Why this limit exists is another question.