[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.

-- 
Marc Van Dyck



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