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

[David Jones]

On Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 8:51:26 AM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Logicals make good sense for devices, directories and files. 
> 
> Arne

DCL has 2 commands to create logical names, ASSIGN and DEFINE. The first
one doesn't get much mention anymore but seems sensible if you have a
program that reads from 'TAPE1' and writes to 'TAPE2'.