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   Message 262,432 of 264,096   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Stephen Hoffman   
   Re: Local Versus Global Command Options   
   21 Feb 25 22:18:27   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:42:56 -0500, Stephen Hoffman wrote:   
      
   > Is it feasible for DCL?  Sure. Though it'll likely involve passing some   
   > of the syntax to lib$table_parse or ilk for parsing, as do a few DCL   
   > commands I've encountered (or have written) over the years.   
      
   What happens when you bypass DCL? So one program directly spawns another   
   and gives it a command to execute. Can the receiving program behave the   
   same in that case as if it were invoked from a shell?   
      
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