OBERMAN@ICDC.LLNL.GOV ("Kevin Oberman, LLNL, 422-6955, L-156", 415) (01/28/88)
> The logical thing to do would be: > >$TEMP = "show default" >$SET PROMPT = 'TEMP' > >..but VMS will only take a string for SET PROMPTs argument >and the string must not have spaces in it. VMS complains about >"too many parameters" >:-{ Ooops! It's been a bad morning. The above is an attempt to set the prompt to show default. The correct method is: $ Temp = F$Environment("DEFAULT") $ SET PROMPT "''temp'$ " The only problem with this is that it isn't `active'. the commands must be re-entered each time the default is changed. R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internet: oberman@icdc.llnl.gov (415) 422-6955 Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing and probably don't really know anything useful about anything. -------