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Subject: Re: Calling PRINT from a C program
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 17:30:15 EST
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In article <8602032142.AA02106@ia-sun2.uucp> you write:
>I am trying to print a file "foo.bar" from C under VMS 3.6.
>I have been successful at using LIB$SPAWN to spawn the command
>"print foo.bar" BUT this will ONLY work with an interactive session.
>It fails as a detached process and a batch job.  I had originally
>hoped that there would be a "print.exe" that I could use SYS$CREPRC
>on but alas there is none.
>
>Could anyone give me pointers on how to print a file given a string
>containing the file name and the appropriate options.  It MUST
>be able to run as either a batch job or a detached process.
>
>			-David Robinson
>			ia-sun2!david@csvax.caltech.edu
>			seismo!cit-vax!ia-sun2!david


This LIB$SPAWN silliness of only working interactively got fixed in
VMS 4.1.  Your code should work in a batch file just fine if you can
get your system manager to convert to VMS 4.1 [Lots of other stuff will
probably break though]

			tom campbell
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