Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: CLIs and detached processes Message-ID: <8701@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 18:05:39 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8701 Posted: Tue Jul 2 18:05:39 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:51:05 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 32 From: hutch@SDCSVAX.ARPA (Jim Hutchison) (ttysb) In article <8291@ucbvax.ARPA> you write: > >I am looking for a way to have access to a CLI (DCL) so that I can >spawn a DCL command from a detached process. I am currently running >under VMS 3.7, since use of 4.0 isn't in the immediate future. >Unfortunately, I am forced to live with running from the detached process >since it is part of a larger system which I don't have the liberty to >modify...? > >I would appreciate any suggestions... > >ed flint > >flint.wbst@XEROX.ARPA Well not that is much help, but the vfork() call to DEC C does make use of a CLI called VFORKCLI which is in SYSEXE generally. This is not of much aid if you don't have a DEC C compiler, but then again you could dig into those FAB's and make a simple one. Or perhaps connect to a pseudo user, but as I remember that hack leaves a rather gapeing security hole. (where are you again... :-) ). /* "When you are dying, a wombat is better than no company at all." Jim Hutchison UUCP: {dcdwest,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!hutch ARPA: hutch@sdcsvax < Ofcourse these statements are only mine, not my employers. > */