[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-01-11 kl. 18:52, skrev lists at openmailbox.org:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:21:10 +0100
> hb via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
>
>> On 01/11/2016 04:52 PM, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
>>> Not a lot to like about UNIX but I still can't get used to not having
>>> a version command or option on VMS/VAX. Had to see what sys$help
>>> there was to find out what version I had.
>>
>> The version is usually in the compiler listing, on each page.
>
> Yeah I know. That's where I usually find it. I just forgot to leave a
> listing around and it was easier to go fishing in sys$help. I understand at
> some point later in time they did standardize a /VERSION switch.
>
>> On recent VMS versions with "pipe" one can get to the version with
>> something like
>>
>> $ pipe fort/old/list=sys$output nl:/noobj | (read sys$pipe x ;
>> x=f$edit(x,"compress,trim") ; x=x-f$element(0," ",x)-f$element(1,"
>> ",x)-"Page 1" ; write sys$output f$edit(x,"trim"))
>> Compaq Fortran 77 V7.2-180
>
> That's truly horrible, man. It looks like Perl.

And to much then actualy needed:

$ fort/old/list=sys$output nl:/noobj

[About a page of info snipped...]


COMPILER: HP Fortran 77 V7.6-198-48H9K

COMPILATION STATISTICS

   CPU time:          0.01 seconds
   Elapsed time:      0.10 seconds
   Pagefaults:          73
   I/O Count:           54
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