[Info-vax] Local Versus Global Command Options

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/21/2025 10:09 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:45:05 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> It is possible to start a process without CLI (sys$creprc or run process
>> - with an image that is not loginout.exe).
>>
>> In that case I don't think there are a concept of arguments.
>> I don't see a way to pass arguments. Arguments are something CLI provide
>> to image, so no CLI means no arguments.
> 
> Mr Berryman, further up this thread, was so insistent that I was talking
> through my hat. Remember he said:
> 
> ] Wrong again. There are a number of ways to invoke a program without
> ] going through DCL.
> 
> and furthermore
> 
> ] You apparently know as little about VMS as you do programming in
> ] general.
> 
> as well as
> 
> ] Everyone else: Yes, I've once again been forced to face the fact
> ] that you can't fix stupid.
> 
> He couldn’t have made a mistake, could he?

I don't see any indication of that.

There are some ways to start a process with a DCL command
(and therefore DCL mapped).

There are some ways to start a process without specifying a DCL
command and still getting a process with DCL mapped.

There are some ways to start a process without DCL mapped.

Arne