[Info-vax] DCL enhancements
Marc Van Dyck
marc.gr.vandyck at invalid.skynet.be
Mon Jan 25 11:59:45 EST 2021
Phillip Helbigundress to reply explained :
> What about some easy-to-implement DCL enhancements?
>
> With PURGE/CONFIRM, there is Y, N, and A. Why not R, for "rest", which
> would be A but only for the current file name and extension, then it
> would ask again for the next one?
Well, there are tons of things like that which seem easy to do but
would
help users a lot. Like making sure that every command that displays
something to SYS$OUTPUT has a qualifier /OUTPUT= for example. Or even
add a new qualifier /FORMAT=TABULAR to produce output in tabular format
suitable to input into excel (would be great in AUTHORIZE for example,
but also in ACCOUNTING, ANALYZE/AUDIT, or any other command that
produces record-oriented output). Or a command $SET LOG=(CREATE,
DELETE,
...) that would enable or disable default logging for any command that
has a /LOG qualifier. Or a DELETE/DIRECTORY command. I'm sure there are
many others.
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Marc Van Dyck
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