[Info-vax] How do I make zip, unzip etc. available to all users?

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On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:00:44 -0800 (PST)
Bob Gezelter via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> The intent of the original question has been previously answered, to wit:
> 
> - Set the file protection to allow file EXECUTE
> - Provide a definition in SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM to define the symbol.
> 
> However, the phrasing "where should I put them" brings to mind the manner
> in which many *IX systems are run.
> 
> OpenVMS do not have an equivalent of bin on *IX systems (where the shell
> will automatically search for otherwise unspecified executables). There
> is a facility to do the equivalent (DCL$PATH), but generally it is used
> with extreme caution (searching large directories can be expensive).

Thank you. I understood I will have to point each user at it at logon time.
I just didn't know what the options were as far as where global non-system
executables (addons) should go. Now that David reminded me about the virtue
of not mucking with system directories I'll create a directory somewhere
and update the system logon proc to point everybody to it.

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