[Info-vax] HOW TO PASS PARAMETERS IN COMMAND LINE ARGUMENT IN OPENVMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00ACF953.3F09752D at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <3a7991fa-b0e9-41ff-a910-6150a22c05a8 at googlegroups.com>, adityagtm4 at gmail.com writes:
>>On Friday, 1 March 2013 00:55:06 UTC+5:30, Simon Clubley  wrote:
>>> On 2013-02-28, adityagtm4 at gmail.com <adityagtm4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Hi
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> > can anybody please tell that how to pass parameters in openvms through
>>> 
>>> > command line...and i am having xyz.sh file also, in which i have written some
>>> 
>>> > DCL Commands....
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> First off, I don't care what you choose to call yourself, but please can
>>> 
>>> you stick to the one identity so that we know we are talking to the same
>>> 
>>> person. Thanks.
>>
>>He is one of my friend and we both learning the same thing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> You have been pointed to the VMS documentation set in the past; please read
>>> 
>>> it as it answers your questions.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> However, if you want to read parameters within a command procedure you
>>> 
>>> use the P1 through P8 parameters. If you want a language independent way
>>> 
>>> of reading parameters in a program invoked from a command procedure, you
>>> 
>>> can call lib$get_foreign if you invoke your program as a foreign command.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If that doesn't answer your questions, you are going to have to explain
>>> 
>>> in much more detail what your operating environment is and what your
>>> 
>>> requirements are.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> For example, are you running a command procedure interactively, or are
>>> 
>>> you trying to run DCL commands on a remote VMS system from within a
>>> 
>>> shell script running on a non-VMS host ?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> > please help
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We would like to help you, but you are not giving us much to go on.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Simon.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> 
>>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
>>> 
>>> Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world
>>
>>I have one .sh file in which I have written some DCL commands, but when I am trying to run it I am getting error. 
> 
> Are you from Micro$oft WEENDOZE or unix realms where errors have no meaning?
> 
> Perhaps, instead of wasting all of our time with this tit-for-tat, you could
> post your procedure and the errors you are getting.  Sheesh.  Neophytes.

And here I thought they were from VMS Engineering in Bangalore.

bill
 

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