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From: J Wunsch <j@jette.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: bin/358: incorrect argument handling in "dump"
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> >This is not expected to work.  dump is a really old program with a
> >very specific syntax (same boat as `dd').
> At least the 'dd' syntax somewhat resembles that of the card of the
> same name :-)
> (yes, I used to be the local jcl guru too...)

While i kept my fingers away from JCL:), i could argue that the dd
syntax is also resembling the OS-9 command syntax...

Jörg