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

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In article <ma06cm$2u81$5 at news.kjsl.com>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>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.  

Nothing wrong there.  Get it through your head, it is PIPE that is  broken.

Keep the unix syntax where it belongs. ;)





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