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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All   
   Re: Local Versus Global Command Options   
   19 Feb 25 23:43:10   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:06:10 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > And I came up with:   
   >   
   >> $ quote = """"""   
   >> $ mcr sys$disk:[]test "Hello World" "''quote'"Hello World"''quote'"   
   >> Hello World   
   > "Hello   
   > World"   
      
   Did you notice that DCL (and therefore the receiving program) cannot tell   
   the difference between substituting the “quote” variable versus entering a   
   literal quote?   
      
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