[Info-vax] how to write openvms commands in .sh file through openvms

[Simon Clubley]

On 2013-02-28, Mike R. <mike at rechtman.com> wrote:
> On 28-Feb-13 10:45, kevinparker124 at gmail.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:19:26 UTC+5:30, Hans Vlems  wrote:
>>> On 28 feb, 08:24, kevinparker... at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi friends,
>>>>
>>>> I have couple of openvms commands which i have to run through openvms by using .sh file...means all the commands i have to put it into that .sh file.
>>>>
>>>> please help.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks..!
>>>
>>> In VMS, what is an .sh file?
>>>
>>> Hans
>>
>> a shell script file (for example: xyz.sh)
>>
> go to
> http://www.openvms.compaq.com/doc/73final/6489/6489pro_index.html#index_c
> (fix the URL, if it wraps)
> and look for "Command procedures"
>

The OP's question is unclear. Is he wanting to run commands within a command
procedure while interactively logged into a VMS system, which is your
assumption here, or is he really wanting to run commands on a target VMS
system from a shell script running on another (non-VMS) system ?

Given some of his previous postings, I suspect the latter may actually be
the case. The obvious candidate in that case is to use ssh to issue a command
(assuming both TCP/IP stacks support it), but since that's a really obvious
option, I suspect there are things we are not been told.

For example:

Does he need to maintain state between commands ?

Does he need to process the output from the commands ?

One answer could be to transfer a command procedure to the target system
and have the command procedure write any output to a file which can then
be transferred back to the initiating machine. The command procedure
could then be triggered from the initiating system using ssh.

Simon.

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