Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!WOLFGANG.MITRE.ORG!psw From: psw@WOLFGANG.MITRE.ORG (Phil Wherry) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: SYS$ANNOUNCE logical Message-ID: <8707221318.AA15764@wolfgang.mitre.org> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 09:18:15 EDT Article-I.D.: wolfgang.8707221318.AA15764 Posted: Wed Jul 22 09:18:15 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 02:55:29 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 11 In message <870721119411.016@XHMEIA.Caltech.Edu>, Daniel Zirin (zar@xhmeia.caltech.edu) comments that the sys$announce logical will only support a string of up to 128 characters. True, but he can achieve the effect he's looking for (long system announcement messages) by putting "@filename" in the logical. For instance, the command: DEF/SYS SYS$ANNOUNCE "@SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.LIS" would display the file ANNOUNCE.LIS in SYS$MANAGER before the Username: prompt at login time. Phil Wherry psw%wolfgang@gateway.mitre.org