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

[David Froble]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <3a7991fa-b0e9-41ff-a910-6150a22c05a8 at googlegroups.com>, adityagtm4 at gmail.com writes:
>> 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. 
> 
>    VMS error messages are extreemly usefull.  They actually tell you
>    what is wrong.
> 
>    We could help you a lot faster if you post a sample of the script
>    file, a sample of the commands you are using to start the script
>    file, and the exact output you are getting.  Especially the exact
>    error message!
> 
>    We'd like to help obvious newbies, but we can read your mind, nor
                                                ^^^

And as English seems at best to be other than a first language, he's 
going to really have fun trying to determine what you meant to type ..

:-)

>    your terminal screen, from here.
> 

But what you meant to type is absolutely correct.

Which brings up a related question.

It's always been my impression that there are only 3 methods which 
allows anything to be done on VMS.  Interactive login to a user account, 
detached process using a user account for authentication, and batch, 
which logs into a user account.  I know of no way to do anything on VMS 
without authenticating against a user account.  Even an SSH connection 
authenticates against a user account, I think, even if it uses a 
certificate authentication.

Is there any other methods that I'm ignorant of?