[Info-vax] unzip.exe and cc064.zip

[Hans Bachner]

Steven Schweda schrieb am 06.10.2016 um 04:03:
>> [...]
>> Usage: unzip file[.zip] [list] [/EXCL=(xlist)] [/DIR=exdir] /options /modifie#
>> [...]
>
>     Ah.  You're using the VMS CLI form of the program.  It
> appears that that form never had the foreign-command advice
> in its "Usage" report.  Whether this was a conscious design
> decision or a bug, I know not, but it's been that way for so
> long that I'm unlikely to change it without a good argument.
> Perhaps the original thought was that anyone who read far
> enough to find the VMS CLI stuff probably didn't need a
> reminder about defining a foreign-command symbol.
[snip]

The CLI variant probably does not have the foreign command advice, 
because it does not need it. If you have the command definition in your 
CLI tables, you don't need a foreign command.

Hans.