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From: OPER10@TRINCC.BITNET (Pete Bradley)
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Subject: DCL from high level languages
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     I'm trying to find the quickest way possible to do a DCL command (eg.
SHOW USERS, etc); from within a FORTRAN program.  I know about LIB$SPAWN,
but it tends to involve a lot of overhead.  LIB$DO_COMMAND does what I want,
except that it is effectively the last line in the program, as no more code
is executed once it is called.  Is there any fast way to do this?  I can
dela with FORTRAN, BASIC, and Pascal, and I don't mind calling MACRO, though
I don't know enough MACRO to program in it.  Any light that can be shed on
this problem would be greatly appreciated.

                                          Pete Bradley
                                          OPER10@TRINCC