[comp.sources.bugs] Error trying to use VERB

terrell@musky2.EDU (Roger Terrell) (02/04/88)

I took VERB from comp.os.vms, unSHARed it with no errors, compiled it
via the COMPILE.COM command file with no errors, and ran it.  This was
the output...

$ RUN VERB
Error parsing 'width'
Specified entity not found in command tables
Symbolic stack dump follows
module name     routine name                     line       rel PC    abs PC

                                                           7FF946F5  7FF946F5
                                                           7FF944FB  7FF944FB
                                                           7FF9401C  7FF9401C
                                                           00008D7A  00008D7A
VERB_EXTRACTOR  VERB_EXTRACTOR                     32      0000001D  00008A1D


Does anyone have an idea of the problem?  

Thanks, 

Roger


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hydrovax@nmtsun.nmt.edu (M. Warner Losh) (02/05/88)

In article <52@musky2.EDU>, terrell@musky2.EDU (Roger Terrell) writes:
> 
> I took VERB from comp.os.vms, unSHARed it with no errors, compiled it
> via the COMPILE.COM command file with no errors, and ran it.  This was
> the output...
> 
> $ RUN VERB
> [error deleted]
> Does anyone have an idea of the problem?  

Yes, actually.  I do.  Since I was the poster of this program I know a
thing or two about it.  Unfortunately note enough things, but I can
answer this question.

In the readme file, there should have been a reference to the .cld file
that the program needs.  You should do a $ SET COMMAND VERB.CLD and have
EXE$DIR defined to point to the current directory (quickest and easiest
way that I know of is DEFINE EXE$DIR 'F$ENVIRONMENT("DEFAULT")).  Then
just type VERB verb, and it will give you the definition of verb on your
terminal.

I just looked the distribution I made, and sure enough, there aren't explicit
instructions on it's setup.  And the instructions on it's use were a little
vague (and found in the BLURB.TXT file).   The command file stuff is the
crtical bit here.

Sorry for any confusion that I may have generated. :-(.
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ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat) (02/07/88)

Yep.  It's using the CLI command parser calls to try and get it's
arguments; and you havent' installed the command via 'INSTALL'.
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hydrovax@nmtsun.nmt.edu (M. Warner Losh) (02/08/88)

In article <2266@chinet.UUCP>, ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat) writes:
> Yep.  It's using the CLI command parser calls to try and get it's
> arguments; and you havent' installed the command via 'INSTALL'.

This isn't entirely correct.  You do need to do something special, but
it isn't install.  You need to do a SET COMMAND VERB and then run verb
via $VERB ...  Other than that, you are correct about verb using the
command parser.

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