On Aug 3, 11:50 am, norm.raph...@metso.com wrote:
> Doug Phillips wrote on 08/02/2007 09:54:32 PM:
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> > On Aug 2, 7:31 pm, apogeusiste...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On 2 ago, 19:15, Doug Phillips wrote:
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> > > > On Aug 2, 3:58 pm, apogeusiste...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > > > > On 2 ago, 16:55, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
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> > > > > > In article <46b24e8...@news.langstoeger.at>, pe...
> > @langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) writes:
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> > > > > > >In article <9plsi.23$b72...@newsfe12.lga>, VAXman-
> > @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> > > > > > >>In article <1186060603.611891.242...@19g2000hsx.
> > googlegroups.com>, apogeusiste...@gmail.com writes:
> > > > > > >>Seems silly but....
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> > > > > > >>$ PIPE WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "''F$time()'" | APPEND SYS$PIPE
> FILE.DAT
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> > > > > > >>FILE.DAT must be created first.
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> > > > > > >No. Use APPEND/NEW
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> > > > > > Right! /NEW is create _IF_ it doesn't exist. Sorry, I'm
> > suffering a HUGE
> > > > > > amount of undue heavy stress here which tends to fog the memory.
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> > > > > > --
> > > > > > VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker
> > VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM
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> > > > > > "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
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> > > > > >http://tmesis.com/drat.html
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> > > > > I use VAX/VMS V5.5-2H4, and it doesn´t haves pipe...
> > > > > What do you suggest ?
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> > > > There's the freeware ADV_PIPE
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> > > > available here:
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> > > > or here:
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> > > > If you can't use freeware on your system, but you insist on having a
> > > > one-liner, put the DCL commands in a .com file and assign it as a
> > > > foreign command.- Ocultar texto entre aspas -
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> > > > - Mostrar texto entre aspas -
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> > > I have adv_pipe in my system, but how append in a file ?
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> > > VAX1 » pipe sh day > x.x
> > > VAX1 » ty x.x
> > > 2-AUG-2007 21:26:39
> > > VAX1 » pipe sh day > x.x
> > > VAX1 » ty x.x
> > > 2-AUG-2007 21:26:43
> > > VAX1 » pipe sh day >> x.x
> > > Syntax error
> > > VAX1 »
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> > It's been a while since I last used adv_pipe, and I don't have it
> > handy on any system. Use the pipe separator to cause the output of a
> > command to be avaialable as the input to the next. VMS's sys$output is
> > equiv to *nix's stdout and sys$input is equiv to stdin. You don't want
> > to "redirect" the output, you want to "pipe" it.
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> > Try the command some others gave you, except substitute sys$input for
> > sys$pipe
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> > $pipe write sys$output "''f$time()'" | append/new sys$input x.x
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> > Otherwise, if that doesn't work, you'll need to read the help.
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> : I don't recall if it was in V5.5-2*, but maybe
> : SET PROMPT would give the timestamp information needed without any
> append.
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> Of course I meant SET PREFIX

Without knowing what the OP is really trying to do (like you, I
guessed he's trying to enter a time-stamp into a log file), it's hard
to tell. I can't go back further than v6.2 to see, anyway.

For the heck of it I installed ADV_PIPE on a v6.2 VAX. It has some
bugs in the install.com file, but nothing insurmountable.

ADV_PIPE also doesn't seem to like the Write sys$output "''f$time()'"
command, or any write to sys$output, for that matter. ISTR this
MAILBOX "feature" back when, but I'm not going to spend time going
through the old New features & Release Notes.

With debug set:

..WORK>pipe write sys$output "''f$time()'" | append/new sys$input x.x
$ CREATE/MAILBOX MBA4986:
$ SPAWN/INPUT=MBA4986:/FLAGS=(NOWAIT,NOSYMBOLS,NOLOGICALS) APPEND/NEW
SYS$INPUT X.X
%SPAWN-I-INFO, PID = 0000017A, STATUS = 00000001, CNT = 1
$ SPAWN/OUTPUT=MBA4986:/FLAGS=(NOSYMBOLS,NOLOGICALS) WRITE SYS$OUTPUT
" 3-AUG-2007 13:09:27.43"
%CLI-E-INVREQTYP, invalid request type

It does work with:

..WORK>pipe show time | append/new sys$input x.x
$ CREATE/MAILBOX MBA4993:
$ SPAWN/INPUT=MBA4993:/FLAGS=(NOWAIT,NOSYMBOLS,NOLOGICALS) APPEND/NEW
SYS$INPUT X.X
%SPAWN-I-INFO, PID = 0000017B, STATUS = 00000001, CNT = 1
$ SPAWN/OUTPUT=MBA4993:/FLAGS=(NOSYMBOLS,NOLOGICALS) SHOW TIME
%SPAWN-I-INFO, PID = 0000017C, STATUS = 00030001

(do it again)

..WORK>type x.x
3-AUG-2007 12:47:53
3-AUG-2007 12:48:31


I can't find any way to use redirect > to append, though. As long as
the file exists, or he can live with an error message on the first
execution, then he could use copy/concat if he has some allergy to
append.

ADV_PIPE is so old I don't see it worth spending a lot of time messing
with it.

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Pipes? Pipes? We don't need no stinkin' pipes! ;-)

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Doug Phillips wrote:

> ADV_PIPE is so old I don't see it worth spending a lot of time
> messing with it.

Not to mention the fact that the copyright notice explicitly denies
permission to make changes to any of the files.


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On Aug 3, 1:50 pm, Rob Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Doug Phillips wrote:
> > ADV_PIPE is so old I don't see it worth spending a lot of time
> > messing with it.
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> Not to mention the fact that the copyright notice explicitly denies
> permission to make changes to any of the files.
>
> --
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Sure, but I doubt the copyrighters would refuse if someone asked
permission and agreed to their restrictions. There might even be a
newer version of ADV_PIPE someplace for all I know. But I have no need
for ADV_PIPE, and I'm not that bored yet;-)