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!Copyright © 1994 by Brian Schenkenberger and TMESIS Consulting
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1  PERMANENT
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PERMANENT provides the ability to define a DCL string symbol pemanently.
Permanent DCL symbols can not be deleted with the DELETE/SYMBOL command
nor can they can be redefined.  
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PERMANENT is restricted to use in the SYLOGIN.COM file only.  The system
manager can use PERMANENT to define system-wide symbols which can not be
deleted from the user's symbol table.
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PERMANENT##parameter
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2  Parameter
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The PERMANENT command requires one parameter, the name of the symbol
to be made a permanent symbol in the user's symbol table.
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2  Examples
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1.#$#ZEIT#==#"SHOW#TIME"
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###$#PERMANENT#ZEIT
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The PERMANENT command in this example will make the symbol definition 
for the symbol ZEIT a permanent symbol.  Any attempt to delete or
redefine the symbol will not succeed.
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2  Version
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PERMANENT#version#V1%4.051
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Copyright#©#1994#by#Brian#Schenkenberger#and#TMESIS#Consulting