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From: sqkeith@csvax.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: setting DCL prompt to current time
Message-ID: <478@csvax.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 15 Apr 88 09:30:36 GMT
References: <8804131605.AA17418@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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Organisation: Computer Science CSVAX (VAX1), Liverpool University

In article <8804131605.AA17418@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, shafferj@BKNLVMS.BITNET (Jim Shaffer, Jr.) writes:
> I used the program posted here a week or two ago (sorry, I forgot the author),
> and I found that I can no longer leave out the argument(s) on commands such
> as rename, copy, etc. A minor quibble, I know, but it can be an inconvenience
> because I had developed the habit of leaving the arguments out because the
> syntax is different on various systems and most will prompt you.

I thin that's easy to fix. Just before the DCL procedure 'executes' the command
you typed in, add the following line: 

       $ DEFINE/NOLOG/USER SYS$INPUT SYS$COMMAND

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