How to get PID in QUICK /OpenVMS

[Chris Sharman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edis, Bob [mailto:bedis@usbnc.org]
> I would use a RUN COMMAND to create a JOB logical that contains
> the PID and then read that logical in Quick syntax.
>
>   RUN COMMAND "<DCL syntax to SET logical JPI$_PID to PID using
> F$GETJPI("", "pid") command>"

If you want to do it this way, it would have to be f$getjpi("","owner") to
take account of the fact that you've spawned a subprocess.
I'd be inclined to use do external, as another poster suggested, or 'pid =
f$getjpi("","pid")' before invoking quick.
But why do you want it ?
It's only really useful in external procedures, or run commands, or possibly
to generate a unique string.

Chris



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