hi there,
Im new to dec pascal, so i was wondering:
how to invoke a COPY, RENAME, SHOW ... command from a pascal program???
thanx
                        Federico

On OpenVMS, you use the LIB$SPAWN RTL routine to execute such things.

For example,

[inherit('sys$library:pascal$lib_routines')]
program spawn(output);

begin
lib$spawn('show system');
end.

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In article <4iro6e$...@serra.unipi.it>, Federico Balbi

RENAME -->  lib$rename_file(old_name, new_name, (bunch of optional args))

Any DCL command can be executed using:

lib$do_command or lib$spawn

There's also lib$delete_file and a sleu of other lib$ functions which are
very useful.  Check out the OpenVMS RTL Library Manual for details.

Bill

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