[Info-vax] VI* on VMS

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 10/22/2024 3:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:34:28 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> VMS IDE is not an obvious choice to add a line to SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.
> 
> Is that an rc.local equivalent?
> 
> You’d think by this time VMS would have acquired a more modular service
> definition architecture, à la systemd.

It does, sort of. It's more modular anyway.  Virtually nobody uses it.  The SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM method is what most people got started with in pre VAX/VMS 5.0 and few have moved on.  Check these out for info:

OpenVMS STARTUP - Underappreciated Flexibility - http://www.rlgsc.com/publications/openvmsstartupunderappreciatedflexibility.html
   The PDF - http://www.rlgsc.com/publications/openvmsstartupunderappreciatedflexibility.pdf
Adding a file to Startup - http://www.rlgsc.com/blog/openvms-consultant/adding-file-to-startup.html


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John H. Reinhardt