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From: minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Command line parameters with VAX C?
Message-ID: <1191@mountn.dec.com>
Date: 3 Jan 90 21:01:05 GMT
References: <6808@lindy.Stanford.EDU> <1042@stsci.edu>
Reply-To: minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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Here's a simple way to define C executables as foreign commands with
a minimum of typing:

First, create the following command file (put it in your login directory
for convenience, calling it NAME.COM)

	$! make X.exe in the current directory into a foreign command
	$ if "''p1'" .eqs. "" then write sys$output "How can I name nothing?"
	$ 'p1' :== $'f$environment("DEFAULT")''p1'.exe

Now, edit your LOGIN.COM to define NAME.COM as a foreign command:

	$ name :== @sys$login:name.com

Now, after you link a program, you can turn it into a foreign command by

	$ link foo...
	$ name foo
	$ foo arg1 arg2 etc.

Hope this helps.

Martin Minow
minow@thundr.enet.dec.com