[comp.os.vms] Shared file for SYS$OUTPUT of detached process

arons@iris.ucdavis.edu (Tom Arons) (12/16/87)

I have an application which runs as a detached process and logs
messages to SYS$OUTPUT.  I would like to be able to look at this
file while the application is running. The most straightforward way to
invoke the program: RUN/DET/OUT=FILE APPLICATION, results in FILE
being exclusively opened by APPLICATION and thus I am unable to TYPE
or DUMP FILE.  Using various combinations of DCL OPEN to pre-open FILE
as shared does not seem to work.

Can anyone suggest a simple way to do what I want?
Tom Arons
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