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From: ubi@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Why no system() under VAX C
Message-ID: <3322@sri-unix.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 20:07:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3322
Posted: Mon Jun  8 20:07:34 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 02:03:40 EDT
References: <12308535119.47.AWALKER@RED.RUTGERS.EDU> <552@unc.cs.unc.edu>
Reply-To: ubi@sri-unix.UUCP (Ron Ueberschaer)
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Organization: SRI, Menlo Park, CA.
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Keywords: glaring limitations

In article <552@unc.cs.unc.edu> mcguffey@unc.UUCP (Michael McGuffey) writes:
>
>funny that they would claim in the VAX C ref manual that
>they want to maintain compatibility with unix c but
>have such a glaring bug.
>

Speaking of glaring, why did DEC decide not to implement system()
under VMS???  It's bad enough that I can't exec anything except
C programs.  I hate having to work under VMS, but if I could say

	system("@foo bare");   ,

or
	system("show time");   ,

or even
	system("run $disk:[mydir]foo");   ,

I'd stop complaining for a few hours, anyway.

Help, please.

			      --Ron Ueberschaer	
				SRI International	Menlo Park, CA
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