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   hb0815 to All   
   Re: VMS x86-64 database server   
   11 Jul 25 13:09:17   
   
   From: mw40171@mucweb.de   
      
   On 7/10/25 21:52, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > On 7/10/2025 3:50 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> On 7/9/2025 3:55 PM, hb0815 wrote:   
   >>> For linking with a single shareable, there is also a one-liner like:   
   >>> $ pipe write sys$output "s/share" | link m,sys$pipe/opt   
   >>   
   >> Clever.   
   >>   
   >> But not a style I would recommend.   
      
   I don't know what you would recommend. Using pipe is just another   
   example. And, if wanted or needed, here you can use symbol substitution.   
      
   >> When I read it then I wondered why you used SYS$PIPE and   
   >> not SYS$INPUT.   
      
   There is no reason. It's just out of habit.   
      
   >> They can be different but I don't think they are in this case.   
   >   
   > And if someone want to see a case where they are different,   
   > then this weird DCL does:   
   > ...   
      
   As you probably know, the difference is documented. One example is:   
      
   $ help/noprompt/nopage PIPE Description Pipelines_and_TEEs   
   Using_TEEs_and_SYS   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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