[Info-vax] Notable VMS "feature"

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-01-07 kl. 21:24, skrev hb:
> On 01/07/2016 08:15 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> But you can set bit 1 in the DCL_CTLFLAGS system parameter for your next
>> login — it's dynamic, but DCL doesn't seem to read that except at login
>> — to increase the limit; to 4,000 character tokens.
>
> Isn't
>    $ set proc/token=extended
> supposed to do that?
>

$ help set proc /token

SET

   PROCESS

     /TOKEN

           /TOKEN=keyword

        Changes the maximum size of tokens (elements) in a DCL command.
        (A token is any element in a command line that is bounded by
        spaces. For example, the command COPY X.TXT Y.TXT contains three
        tokens.) The token size is determined by the setting of bit 1 in
        the DCL_CTLFLAGS system parameter. By default, the bit is clear,
        indicating that traditional tokens (255 bytes) are being used.
        If the bit is set, extended tokens (4000 bytes) are used. The
        corresponding keywords for /TOKEN are TRADITIONAL and EXTENDED.
        You can use SHOW PROCESS/TOKEN to determine the current token
        size setting.