[HECnet] HECnet Area Request

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 2/19/2013 10:40 AM, Dennis Boone wrote:
  >   Grab the file SG1::[DECNET]NU2.COM.   Ignore the errors.   It does depend
  >   on MIM being defined as 1.13.   This procedure makes use of the file
  >   MIM::DU4:[DECNET]NODENAMES.DAT.   Johnny creates this file for this
  >   procedure.   I will not update your area nodes - that is your
  >   responsibility.   It can be run interactively or via batch.   It must be
  >   run from a priv'd account.

Steve,

Edumacation question.   There are a number of places in NU2.COM where it
uses the switch /end_fo_file= [sic]

Unless I'm missing something "meta" about how this thing works, and
assuming it _does_ work, that succeeds in spite of the typo because...

...DCL only looks at the first 4?

De

Yes.   The DCL parser will abbreviate any keyword to the shortest unique value.   So the first 4 may well be enough to distinguish the /end_of_file qualifier from any other qualifier for the command.   It will vary with the command.

John H. Reinhardt