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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Steven Schweda wrote 2012-01-25 22:19:
> 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.")
>

$ help wait parameter

WAIT

   Parameter

     delta-time

        Specifies a delta time interval in the following format. (A delta
        time is an offset from the current time to a time in the future.)

        hour:minute:second.hundredth

        The fields on the format line indicate the following:

        hour       Specifies an integer in the range 0 to 23.
        minute     Specifies an integer in the range 0 to 59.
        second     Specifies an integer in the range 0 to 59.
        hundredth  Specifies an integer in the range 0 to 99.

        The colons (:)  and period (.) are required delimiters; also, the
        delta time must begin with the number of hours and not a colon.
        Note that the days field, usually included in the delta time
        format, must be omitted here.


Not particular unclear...

Jan-Erik.



>     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.