rik@uf-csg.UUCP (Rik Faith [guest]) (09/10/84)
In an attempt to write a customized SYSTEM.MENU, I found CHAINing to a SYSTEM.xxx file results in an 'illegal filename' error, which seems to be returned by some routine in the GETCMD unit. I need information about getting around this restriction (patches?) or a copy of the user interface section to GETCMD and an outline of how it sets up the environment and calls the program. The P-System (ver 4.1) is being run on a SAGE IV (68k). I have the sources from Sage, but not the proprietary P-System sources. Does anyone know if the interface section to the units that run the P-System are copyright restricted or where I might obtain them? Thanks in advance, -- Rik Faith University of Florida, Gainesville (UUCP: ..!akgua!uf-csv!uf-csg!rik)
julian@ecsvax.UUCP (09/21/84)
>In an attempt to write a customized SYSTEM.MENU, I found CHAINing >to a SYSTEM.xxx file results in an 'illegal filename' error, which seems >to be returned by some routine in the GETCMD unit. > >I need information about getting around this restriction (patches?) >or a copy of the user interface section to GETCMD and an outline of >how it sets up the environment and calls the program. > >The P-System (ver 4.1) is being run on a SAGE IV (68k). I have the sources >from Sage, but not the proprietary P-System sources. Does anyone >know if the interface section to the units that run the P-System are >copyright restricted or where I might obtain them? ==================================================== The UCSD utility DECODE will do the trick -- it dumps the interface section of any Unit. Find it in your Sage utilities, assuming you have a complete system. You may need LIBRARY.CODE to extract GETCMD from the SYSTEM.LIBRARY. Phil Julian mcnc!ecsvax!julian