Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:9640 comp.unix.questions:9944 comp.unix.wizards:11975 Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!encore!bzs@encore.com From: bzs@encore.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: UNIX vs. VMS - SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Message-ID: <3999@encore.UUCP> Date: 25 Oct 88 20:06:18 GMT Article-I.D.: encore.3999 References: <82@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> Sender: news@encore.UUCP Reply-To: bzs@encore.com (Barry Shein) Followup-To: comp.os.vms Organization: Encore Computer Corp Lines: 8 In-reply-to: dymm@b.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (David Dymm) Is it possible you're running on a Vax which doesn't have the hardware instructions the strlen (et al) you are using needs, so its trapping into an emulator? That is, you might have the wrong subroutine library on the VMS Vax. Just a guess. -Barry Shein, ||Encore||