From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 2/21/2025 10:09 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:45:05 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> It is possible to start a process without CLI (sys$creprc or run process   
   >> - with an image that is not loginout.exe).   
   >>   
   >> In that case I don't think there are a concept of arguments.   
   >> I don't see a way to pass arguments. Arguments are something CLI provide   
   >> to image, so no CLI means no arguments.   
   >   
   > Mr Berryman, further up this thread, was so insistent that I was talking   
   > through my hat. Remember he said:   
   >   
   > ] Wrong again. There are a number of ways to invoke a program without   
   > ] going through DCL.   
   >   
   > and furthermore   
   >   
   > ] You apparently know as little about VMS as you do programming in   
   > ] general.   
   >   
   > as well as   
   >   
   > ] Everyone else: Yes, I've once again been forced to face the fact   
   > ] that you can't fix stupid.   
   >   
   > He couldn’t have made a mistake, could he?   
      
   I don't see any indication of that.   
      
   There are some ways to start a process with a DCL command   
   (and therefore DCL mapped).   
      
   There are some ways to start a process without specifying a DCL   
   command and still getting a process with DCL mapped.   
      
   There are some ways to start a process without DCL mapped.   
      
   Arne   
      
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