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From: sjs@wucs2.UUCP (Steven J. Sadoff)
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Date: Sun, 30-Nov-86 12:20:21 EST
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Is there a way in VMS 4.4 to retrieve the command line exactly as the
user typed it, without having DCL chomp on it.
Among the many features of LIB$GET_FOREIGN(),
DCL converts case, ignores text after !, and invokes its own quoting mechanism.
I simply wish to obtain exactly what the user typed.
I am willing to work in almost any language to get this done.
Is this possible ?

Steven Sadoff   (314)652-3200
Central Institute for the Deaf, 818 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110
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