[Info-vax] Logical names, was: Re: Command Procedure Pipe output to a variable

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/9/2021 6:47 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 10/9/2021 2:14 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 10/9/2021 4:31 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> No, better to keep the comments/documentation for each logical name
>>> in the command file where the logical is created.
> 
> Agree 110%
> 
>> If one knows what COM file defined the logical.
>>
>> But that is not always obvious.
> 
> It had better be, or you've already got a real mess.

>> If the logical strictly relates to a specific application, then
>> locating the startup file is not a problem.
>>
>> It is the other ones that can be tricky.
> 
> Should there be any other ones ????
> 
> There is system configuration, which must support the required 
> application environment.
> 
> There is application environment.
> 
> A serious demark should exist between them.

Let us be more specific by taking an example.

decc$efs_charset

where would you look for the definition of that?

Arne