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From: whitfill@hc.DSPO.GOV (Jim Whitfill)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VMS global symbols
Message-ID: <14274@hc.DSPO.GOV>
Date: 7 Apr 88 13:25:49 GMT
References: <1181@csun.UUCP>
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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in article <1181@csun.UUCP>, mst@csun.UUCP (Mike Temkin) says:
> 
> I have a few programs that need command line parameters passed to them.
> The documentation that comes with them (not much there) shows that a global
> symbol ( :== ) should be used.  I have tried to get them to work, but 
> I see no difference between typing 'RUN PROGRAM' and setting a global
> symbol like 'PRG :== RUN PROGRAM 'P1 'P2' then typing 'PRG param1 param2'.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike Temkin

What you need is a command file, PROGRAM_RUN.COM, that contains:

$ RUN PROGRAM 'P1' 'P2'

Then define PGM :== @PROGRAM_RUN

To envoke program with parameters, type

PGM X Y


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