16 Sep
2004
16 Sep
'04
1:43 p.m.
>>>> "Bob" == Bob Lafleur
<bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com> writes:
> Correct. V9 and later, because V9 is when
integrated support for
> command
Bob> files appeared.
Bob> It would be possible to modify and recompiel LOGIN.BAS to add
Bob> this feature in V7. Our installation had this done, so that if
Bob> you had a file "HELLO.BAS" or "HELLO.BAC" it would run it.
Sure. Or chain to atpk if a login.cmd file exists. Or any number of
tricks like that.
All of that would be local customization. And the various command
file hacks were just that -- hacks, not particularly elegant, useful,
or reliable, until the whole job was put into the kernel and DCL which
happened in V9.0.
paul