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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
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448.0. "SHOW COMMAND command?" by MOSAIC::WATERS (Lester Waters) Wed Apr 15 1987 15:50

    Does anyone have a SHOW COMMAND equivalent for the SET COMMAND
    of VMS 4.4 and 4.5?  HELP!  I need it to track down a software
    installation problem.  Thanks.
    
    
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448.1SHCOMMA37935::GUNDAVARAM_* Boston Celtics - 1987!!! *_Wed Apr 15 1987 17:0867
	Hello Lester:

	What you want is SHCOMMA a tool from the TOOLSHED.

	Here is the abstract:



(The information in this file is for INTERNAL USE ONLY.)         JAN-85

TOOL NAME:  SHCOMMA

FUNCTION:   Shows definitions in DCL/MCR command tables. 

VERSION:    19-SEP-1984 
SYSTEM:     VMS V4 
LANGUAGE:   BLISS-32 
LOCATION:   METOO::TOOLS$DIRECTORY:[SHCOMMA]SHC003.A (BACKUP saveset) 
            
MORE INFO:  None. 
SOURCE:     Peter D. Gilbert @ZKO2-3/J06 @HARE::GILBERT 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
SHCOMMA shows definitions in DCL/MCR command tables. The output has the 
format of a .CLD file, and can be used to see current command definitions, 
reinstall products whose original kits (.CLD files) have been lost, 
diagnose problems which may be due to dubious "SET COMMAND" commands. It 
can also be MISUSED to radically redefine system commands in 
DCL/MCRTABLES. 

SHCOMMA defines the "SHOW COMMAND" command, viz: 

$ SHOW COMMAND 
[ /OUTPUT=output.lis (Default is SYS$OUTPUT:.LIS) ] 
[ /TABLES=tables.exe (Default is current process tables) ] 
[ verbs,... (Default is all command verbs) ] 

"verbs" is the name of the command verb(s) to be shown. It may be 
truncated and/or contain wildcards.  

/TABLES=command_tables 

Specifies the name of the command tables to be used. By default, the 
process' current command definitions are used.  

/OUTPUT=output_file 

Redirects the output to a file. By default, command definitions are 
written to SYS$OUTPUT.  

ADVANTAGES:   No similar tools available. 
LIMITATIONS:  Runs ONLY on VMS V4, NOT V3 systems. 
              
              The DCL commands that are dumped are based only on the verb 
              (e.g., there is no way to just show the definition of the 
              "SET TERMINAL" command without getting all the other "SET" 
              commands).  
TESTING:      Not tested, but believed to work as described.

OTHER:
SHCOMMA.A is a VMS BACKUP save-set that is used by 
SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL.COM to install the "show command" utility.  

SHCOMMA is installed via VMSINSTAL. 

It defines the SHOW COMMAND command in SYS$SHARE:DCLTABLES.EXE (and the 
user's command tables), and places SHOWCOMMA.EXE in SYS$SYSTEM.  
448.2Or...WKRP::LENNIGDave, SWS, @CYO CincinnatiThu Apr 16 1987 08:471
    Or for a quick check, use `WHAT's SHOW COMMAND display...