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From: barsh@stsci.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VAX C!  Help me!!
Message-ID: <99@obi-wan>
Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 10:40:00 EST
Article-I.D.: obi-wan.99
Posted: Thu Nov 12 10:40:00 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 15:00:10 EST
References: <3297@xanth.UUCP>
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218
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in article <3297@xanth.UUCP>, manes@xanth.UUCP (Mark Manes) says:
> 
> I have a problem folks, I have just installed VAX C, on VMS 4.6.
> 
> I want to call LIB$SPAWN and can't find a decent example, this program
> that I am uploading does not work, however does compile, would someone
> be so kind as to show me where I have messed up?



The following is a working example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <descrip.h>
#include <ssdef.h>
 
main()
{  
	$DESCRIPTOR (command_text, "show users");
	$DESCRIPTOR (output_file, "disk.dat");
	int	status;
 
	if ((status = LIB$SPAWN(&command_text, 0, &output_file)) != SS$_NORMAL)
	  printf("Command Failed %d\n",status);
 
}
 
					jrbii
					~~~~~