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   Dave Froble to All   
   Re: Local Versus Global Command Options   
   22 Feb 25 00:53:37   
   
   From: davef@tsoft-inc.com   
      
   On 2/21/2025 11:15 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Now I'm confused.  Were we discussing starting an image in an existing process,   
   or starting a new process?   
      
   VMS has the capability of writing and reading to/from some process memory that   
   is independent of any images.   
      
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