Conference hydra::amiga_v1

1627.0. "How to use tools ??" by CAMONE::ARENDT (DDT - The first and still the best) Fri Aug 26 1988 17:51

    
    
    Many of the notes herein have described the use of certain tools.
    I have gotten these tools off the net but am at a loss as to how
    to use them.  For example note 1085.9 describes the use of
    CVTARC as follows;
    
       $ CVTARC :== device:[directory]CVTARC
       $ CVTARC U arcfile.arc
    
    Now I can tell you, from trying this, that this will not work, VMS
    will attempt to interpret device: as a command and will bomb. I
    have also tried;
    
       $ CVTARC :== run device:[directory]CVTARC
       $ CVTARC U arcfile.arc
                        
    
    However VMS likes this even less.  Does anyone out there have
    CLD files which they are not mentioning?  I am mistified and
    in need of illumination.
    
    
    Harry Arendt
    Desperatly seeking file transfers
    

    Try:
       $ CVTARC :== $device:[directory]CVTARC
    		    ^--important!
       $ CVTARC U arcfile.arc
    
    This makes CVTARC a command you can run with arguments.

    You need to use the foreign command mode of VMS.
    The first command in .0 is almost correct except for a little money
    sign.(How can one forget the american currency...)
    i.e.
    CVTARC :== $file-specification     
    
    This works at least with the version I have.
    (It depends wheter foreign commands are supported in the program
    at all)