Craig A. Berry wrote:
> John Peacock wrote:
> >> @make_ext "Sys$Disk:[]miniperl.exe" "MMK"
...
> > That "@make_ext" line is wrong (miniperl is not at the root of the
> > current disk).
>
> Nor is it expected to be. You have to pass a device and directory spec
> to MCR to keep it from looking in sys$system, so we pass it sys$disk:[],
> which just means the current default directory on the current disk.
Actually, as soon as you specify a directory, MCR doesn't insist on
SYS$SYSTEM: any more. So "[]" instead of "SYS$DISK:[]" would also
work. I think that irregular syntax is one of the reasons why MCR
hassn't been documented.
cu,
Martin
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