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From: jw@astgb1.UUCP (John Woodruff)
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Subject: Re: Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!)
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 19:47:55 EDT
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Summary: DCL and user-written commands

In article <1320@psivax.UUCP>, friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
> 	Oh, *great*:-) How does the DCL parse the arguments for a user
> written application program??

It's called SET COMMAND... you write a description of your command,
parameters, options, etc., including the runnable image name; and
give it to DCL.  Then you call a number of CLI$GETxxxx's for each
one.  Quite easy, in fact... I did it from Fortran.  I only wish
that the .CLD included documentation, and that HELP knew about the
DCL tables for such things as HELP xxx /PARAM.

I've been away from VMS for 3 years, and prefer Unix.  But let's
give VMS her due...