Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!rutgers!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: DEC Mail Utility Madness Message-ID: <1339@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 23:02:27 EST Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.1339 Posted: Thu Oct 22 23:02:27 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 5-Nov-87 21:18:45 EST References: <1894@uwmacc.UUCP> <871017023422.00f@CitHex.Caltech.Edu> <1315@bsu-cs.UUCP> Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 42 Summary: More information on EDT... In article <1315@bsu-cs.UUCP>, neubauer@bsu-cs.UUCP (Paul Neubauer) writes: > ...If you are logged in to your own account, then your LOGIN.COM > can say DEFINE EDTSYS SYS$LOGIN:EDTINI.EDT and then you can use that setup > from any of your subdirectories, or if you frequently use other accounts (as > I do) then you can have an initialization file of your own on that account > that runs a command procedure (e.g. one kept in your own account) that > contains the appropriate definition (except change the "SYS$LOGIN" in the > above to refer to the actual account and directory where that file is > located. Note that your EDTINI.EDT file need not be in your SYS$LOGIN > directory, or even in your own acocunt, as long as EDTSYS is defined to > refer to it. In fact, it need not even be named EDTINI.EDT, though life is > probably simpler if the name you use for it is not too opaque. > -- > Paul Neubauer UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!neubauer > Here is some more complete information on EDT: In the LOGIN.COM file type the following line: $ define/nolog edtsys disk_whatever:[directory_whatever]edtini.edt When running EDT, it follows the following steps to determine how to initial- ize: 1. /COMMAND=filename qualifier included? If so, use. If not... 2. EDTSYS logical name assignment defined? If so, use. If not... 3. File SYS$LIBRARY:EDTSYS.EDT found? If so, use. If not... 4. EDTINI logical name assignment defined? If so, use. If not... 5. EDTINI.EDT file in current default directory? If so, use. If not... 6. Begin EDT in default state. As you can see, there are many ways that a command file can be used with EDT. Take your pick. Michael Thomas Niehaus UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!mithomas P.S. I couldn't pass up the chance to expand on one of my former professor's discussion.