Re: MM 6.06 on VMS (was Re: A couple of patches for perl@18376)

[Craig A. Berry]

Michael G Schwern wrote:

This didn't work:
bash$ ls
dec-axpvms-gnv-x0104-005-1.pcsi-dcx_axpexe  gzip-1-2-4b.zip  perl-5_8_0.tar_gz
gnv.pcsi                                    mmk.zip          unzip.alpha_exe
bash$ product install/destination=user1:[schwern.gnv2] gnv

%PCSIUI-E-PRIVCLASS3, operation requires CMKRNL, SYSLCK, SYSPRV, and TMPMBX priv
ileges
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition

Urk. I was thinking you could install it locally but I guess any install
operation updates the system even if it touches nothing that's not yours
except the installation database. All is not lost; you can extract the
relevant files like so:

$ create/dir [.mygnv]
$ set default [.mygnv]
$ create/dir [.lib]
$ create/dir [.bin]
$ set default [-]
$ product extract file gnv /select=[gnv.bin]*.*/destination=[.mygnv.bin]/log
$ product extract file gnv /select=[gnv.lib]*.*/destination=[.mygnv.lib]/log
$ @[.mygnv.lib]gnv_setup

That last line you can put in your login.com.

$ unzip :== mydisk:[mydir]unzip.alpha_exe
$ unzip whatever

That worked.

It did?  There should have been a $ in front of the device name:

$ unzip :== $mydisk:[mydir]unzip.alpha_exe

Where can I put all these aliases so I don't have to type them
in every time I login?

I think Alan and Peter have already given you good advice here.