[Info-vax] Was the RECALL command limited to 8 entries in a much earlier version of OpenVMS?

alanfe...@gmail.com alanfeldman48 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 17:39:05 EST 2022


On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 6:56:13 AM UTC-5, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> Maybe it was limited to 24? 
> 
> I have a comment in my TO.COM saying I was using READ SYS$COMMAND instead of INQUIRE to avoid putting things in the RECALL buffer. So what were its limits long ago? Probably pre-2000. 
> 
> TIA!

I just realized that I still have the V4.4 User Manual! It has a DCL appendix with all the DCL commands! RECALL is there, and it is limited to 20 previous commands. Sorry I didn't realize that sooner.

Thanks for all the info. I will review it now.  (^_^(



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