From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 12/6/2025 3:23 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > I have always wanted something like:   
   >   
   > dcl.init() # open pseudo terminal   
   > res1 = dcl.do(command1) # send command to pseudo terminal and return output   
   > ...   
   > resn = dcl.do(commandn) # send command to pseudo terminal and return output   
   > dcl.close() # close pseudo terminal   
   >   
   > Point being that reusing the same DCL process is better than   
   > starting a new per command for certain things.   
      
   Example of DCL requiring same process:   
      
   the skipping N lines in COPY trick   
      
   $ open/read f z.txt   
   $ read f dummy   
   $ read f dummy   
   $ copy f zz.txt   
   $ close f   
      
   Arne   
      
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