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   Message 262,691 of 264,096   
   David Meyer to Craig A. Berry   
   Re: Capturing DCL output in symbol   
   12 May 25 18:01:09   
   
   From: papa@sdf.org   
      
   "Craig A. Berry"  writes:   
      
   > On 5/11/25 6:24 PM, bill wrote:   
   >> On 5/11/2025 3:17 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:   
   >>> It's pretty easy with Perl:   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >> It's probably easy to do in a lot of scripting languages.   
   >> But the original request specified DCL.  Might be he   
   >> expects the script to have to run on machines that only   
   >> have VMS on them.   
   >   
   > On OpenVMS x86, Perl is part of the base install, so it's always there.   
   >   
      
   I'm using primarily OpenVMS on a VAXstation 4000-60, and also wanted to   
   make the problem an opportunity to learn more DCL.   
      
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   David Meyer   
   Takarazuka, Japan   
   papa@sdf.org   
      
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