but the syntax IS annoying and tedious at best. speaking as a *NIX bigot who landed a job with a fair share of legacy VMS work that needs doing.
it really pisses me off when i type SHOW SYSTEM/FULL instead of ps -efl on my sun box ;) -----Original Message----- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:43 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Oh I agree - it was a rock solid platform, but the syntax was annoying and tedious at best. Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210.581.6217 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Lembark [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:13 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Unix question: how to display SID and path in prompt > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Obviously. If you had worked on VMS, why would you want to emulate it? > > Actually the platform had a number of virtues -- file > versions not the least, along with separate system access. > DCL itself had some nice features, if they'd only added > pipes it would've been equivalent to most *NIX shells w/ > the added benefit of lexical var's. > > > > -- > Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer > Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647 > +1 800 762 1582 > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Steven Lembark > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: STEVE OLLIG INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
