Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> writes: On 1/7/2013 3:14 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: > Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> writes: > >> On 1/7/2013 2:48 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: > Brian >> Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> writes: > >> What exactly does that mean? >>> Did any other messages (codes) accompany the error? > >> None that I noticed, but they could have been masked by this code. >> >> Just doing NCP TELL to other machines on hecnet. > Did you get kicked back to DCL? If so, before entring any other command > at the DCL prompt, issue: $ SHOW SYMBOL $STATUS. > Probably? This is all being doing from python. I can try to have it run that, but i think i will get a new process space so it won't matter. Can't you issue it from the command line? Python, if you are issuing the command from os.system("TELL...") is probably just spawning off commands. The context will be lost if that's the case. The error in the NCP code from the $QIO(W) is returned but it is masked with STS$M_INHIB_MSG. So, the status code may be there but DCL will not translate it to a viewable message string due to the STS$M_INHIB_MSG bit. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.