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Re: Attempt to have execution for XEQ CommandsdisplayonSystemCons ole while running in a job
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:42:59 -0700
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Donna Garverick wrote:
> quick poll....how many are interested in asking hp to develop/support something
> roughly equivilent to /dev/console (although in our world it would probably be
> $console)?     - d

If you plan to pursue this, I think the better implementation would be
/dev/console, because as a special file, it could be used from BOTH the MPE and
the POSIX worlds, whereas $CONSOLE would only be usable from MPE.
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