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

[Dave Froble]

On 10/9/2021 7:10 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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
>

Since I don't know what it is, I have no idea.

Now if it is one of those logicals that define how C operates, that 
Steve is so fond of, I would not look for it anywhere, I'd get rid of it.

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