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From: garry@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.decus,net.unix
Subject: Re: Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!)
Message-ID: <612@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: Sun, 13-Jul-86 22:22:59 EDT
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In a recent article g-rh@cca.UUCP (Richard Harter) wrote:
>	I'm not a VMS guru but I know enough to know that this is all
>getting a little confused...
>...
>mcr xyz arg1 arg2 arg3
>...

There is ample confusion here already just explaining "foreign" and 
"DCL table" commands -- you're not helping!! 

(For those who want to know - "mcr" is a leftover from version 1 VMS.
 It was intended for use in running "compatibility mode" images. It
 DOES also happen to work on "native mode" images, but the defaulting
 is weird - "xyz" defaults to SYS$SYSTEM rather than the local directory.
 I would recommend using "foreign" definitions instead, especially for
 system utilities. Users of "mcr" should be suspected of being wizards.)
-- 
garry wiegand   (garry%cadif-oak@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu)