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From: Peck@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA (Rodney)
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Subject: Re: Command procedure input
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Date: Sat, 4-Jul-87 01:44:00 EDT
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  Well, I went thru this exact problem a week ago.  To get the programs
to accept input from a terminal when executed from a batch job, you have
to redefine sys$input in user_mode.  The following works real dandy:

 $define/user_mode sys$input tt:
 $ edit/tpu myfile

   I think your problem is that sys$command is munged in com files too.
I'm fairly certain that tt:  is always the i/o terminal associated with
the process.
   -rodney
 PS:  The rawo of multics/unix has extremely little to do with the
problem.