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From: eric@grkermi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sources
Subject: Re: clear for vax/vms
Message-ID: <460@grkermi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 11:36:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: grkermi.460
Posted: Tue Jun 11 11:36:32 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Jun-85 00:41:29 EDT
References: <820@gloria.UUCP>
Reply-To: eric@grkermi.UUCP (Eric N. Starkman)
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Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass.
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In article <820@gloria.UUCP> it is written:
>This program clears the screen under VAX/VMS.  I haven't figured out
>how to suppress the error message that says there are no error messages.
> *      clear the screen.  (why is there no command for this?)
> *      Col. Sicherman.  10 Jun 1985.
>...
>Col. G. L. Sicherman
>...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel

How about the slightly less elegant:

cls:==set term/width=80

It may not work in every possible case, but it works just fine on a vt100!

			-Eric Starkman
	UUCP: ...decvax!genrad!grkermit!eric
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