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

David Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Thu Oct 6 17:16:06 EDT 2016


Steven Schweda wrote:
>> [...]
>> 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.

Interesting.  Always the possibility of minor differences.

>    Ask me again why I request actual commands with their
> actual output in problem reports.

And I agree 100% with this.

I almost tried to explain SYSGEN to Bill, then thought, "do I need the agrivation?"



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