Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!julian 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 Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3282 Posted: Thu Sep 20 22:32:04 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 00:45:32 EDT References: uf-csg.159 Lines: 19 >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? ==================================================== 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