Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!labrea!aurora!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!bsu-cs!jdh From: jdh@bsu-cs.UUCP (John Hiday) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: SYS$ANNOUNCE Logical Name Bug Or Feature Message-ID: <879@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 18:28:49 EDT Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.879 Posted: Fri Jul 24 18:28:49 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 17:52:15 EDT References: <870721110411.016@XHMEIA.Caltech.Edu> <703@uhccux.UUCP> Reply-To: jdh@bsu-cs.UUCP (John Hiday) Organization: Ball State University UCS, Muncie, IN Lines: 14 In article <703@uhccux.UUCP> helen@uhccux.UUCP (Helen Rapozo) writes: > ... >I know that there is a way to have SYS$ANNOUNCE to point to a filename >and that will allow you to have a much bigger announcement before the >USERNAME prompt Yes, but it is not a normal logical name. (ala SYS$SYLOGIN, etc.) You must precede the filename in the logical with an @ sign. For example to make the announcement message come from SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.TXT, SYS$ANNOUNCE would have to be "@SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.TXT". -- == John Hiday UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo}!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!jdh == Ball State University / University Computing Services GEnie: JDHIDAY == Muncie, IN 47306