[Info-vax] Why doesn't PIPE work with freeware?

[alanfe...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 4:32:20 PM UTC-4, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2022-10-12 kl. 22:26, skrev alanfe... at gmail.com: 
> > On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 2:48:08 PM UTC-4, Steven Schweda wrote: 
> >>> Why doesn't this simple PIPE command work? [...] 
> >> 
> >> Did you define DIRSORT as a foreign-command symbol, or what, exactly? 
> >> Sometimes the results you get depend on your own (invisible/unreported) 
> >> actions. 
> > 
> > I posted the output of VERB DIRSORT. Isn't that enough?
> If I'm not wrong, the utility VERB can show DCL commands from 
> both the system common DCLTABLES and any process defined verbs 
> using SET COMMAND. The first works with PIPE, the second does not. 
> 
> So no, It is not enough, if we do not know where the 
> verb DIRSORT comes from.

Thank you, sir.