[Info-vax] DCL's flaws (both scripting and UI)

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <54c26c4a$0$16689$c3e8da3$76a7c58f at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> On 15-01-23 02:30, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 
> > $ pipe dir disk$user:<helbig> | sea sys$pipe login
> 
> Isn't support for <directory> something that dates back fro PDP11 days
> and supported on VMS just to helop that transition ?

Maybe, but quite useful now that some people are forced to use VMS on 
nasty keyboards.

> I'd say that support for <directory>  could be deprecated and removed in
> a version or two of VMS.

Do INSTALL LIST and come back.