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From: julian@ecsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.wanted,net.micro,micro.general,net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: UCSD P-System: Info needed on GETCMD interface and chain.
Message-ID: <3282@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 22:32:04 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 22:32:04 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 00:45:32 EDT
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>In an attempt to write a customized SYSTEM.MENU, I found CHAINing
>to a SYSTEM.xxx file results in an 'illegal filename' error, which seems
>to be returned by some routine in the GETCMD unit.
>
>I need information about getting around this restriction (patches?)
>or a copy of the user interface section to GETCMD and an outline of
>how it sets up the environment and calls the program.
>
>The P-System (ver 4.1) is being run on a SAGE IV (68k).  I have the sources
>from Sage, but not the proprietary P-System sources.  Does anyone
>know if the interface section to the units that run the P-System are
>copyright restricted or where I might obtain them?
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The UCSD utility DECODE will do the trick -- it dumps the interface section of
any Unit.  Find it in your Sage utilities, assuming you have a complete system.
You may need LIBRARY.CODE to extract GETCMD from the SYSTEM.LIBRARY.

Phil Julian             mcnc!ecsvax!julian