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From: cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Sir Xetwnk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Getting directory in DCL prompt
Message-ID: <2048@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 88 17:22:38 GMT
References: <8801271320.AA15259@mitre.arpa>
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
Lines: 36
Summary: Spaces in Prompt

In article <8801271320.AA15259@mitre.arpa>, nigam%mwvms@MITRE.ARPA writes:
> --------
> >From: "The Radio Gnome" <V2002A%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
> >Subject: getting current dir in dcl prompt
> >     The logical thing to do would be:
> >$TEMP = "show default"
> >$SET PROMPT = 'TEMP'
> >
> >..but VMS will only take a string for SET PROMPTs argument
> >and the string must not have spaces in it.  VMS complains about
> >"too many parameters" >:-{

Yes it WILL take strings containing spaces.  In just about EVERY instane
where 

       THIS IS A STRING WITH SPACES

is "not accepted" by VMS, 

       "THIS IS A STRING WITH SPACES"

IS accepted.  The secret is that you have to put quotes around the string.

You can quite easily get away with

$ SET PROMPT:"Prompt with spaces in it> "

just like that.


   Chris

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Chris Chiesa <><><><><>
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<> cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP                                                       <>
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