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From: pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!akocoa.enet.dec.com!haddad@decwrl.dec.com  (Bruce E. Haddad)
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In article <9108201437.AA19894@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, oursler@VAX001.KENYON.EDU ("MILES OURSLER") writes...
>Netfolks:

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>	I know of no way to pass command line qualifiers to a 
>	command procedure.  I would very much appreciate it
>	if someone could enlighten me.  Failing that, is there
>	any reasonable way to accomplish what I'm after.


Miles,

Define the symbol similar to this:

      $ WP :== "@disk_name:file """

The triple quotes are actually putting double quotes inside the symbol 
definition.  Now, when you enter the symbol, P1 can be entered parsed to 
determine what was entered as a command modifier.  By the way - you don't 
have to put a blank space between the WP and the modifiers.

Bruce