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Subject: Submission for mod-computers-vax
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Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 14:06:04 EST
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From: bammi@cwruecmp.UUCP (Jwahar R. Bammi)
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Subject: how to exploit equivalence lists (path?)
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Date: 4 Mar 87 19:06:03 GMT
Reply-To: bammi@cwruecmp.UUCP (Jwahar R. Bammi)
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does anybody have some neat tricks for exploiting equivalence lists
for logical names to be similar to unix path?  I have read the manuals,
but it seems confusing, perhaps somebody has a simple explanation, e.g.:

	$ assign bin,home,etc cmd

(where bin,home & etc have been previously defined as logical names...)

then a:
	$ run cmd:xyzzy

runs the first xyzzy from the list bin, home, etc?  is there a logical name
(perhaps sys$default?) that could be used in place of cmd so that vms
(dcl) searches the list above?

			brad banko
			...!decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!btb
			cleveland, ohio

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