[Info-vax] defining a symbol as an action invoked when entered as command

[Bob Gezelter]

On Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 5:21:56 AM UTC-4, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> I can do something like this in a command procedure:
> 
>    $ DEFINE/GROUP/NOLOG HERE 'F$ENVIRONMENT("DEFAULT")'
>    $ EXIT
> 
> and define a symbol to run this procedure.  Works fine.
> 
> Is there anyway to get the same result as a symbol which gets evaluated 
> only when entered as a command?

Phillip,

I am not sure what you are asking.

You can define the command:

$ HERE:= xxx 'F$ENVIRONMENT("DEFAULT")'

Which will do xxxx with parameter of the (at the time of definition) current directory.

What is the intended use case?

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgs.com