Re: SYS$TIMEZONE_RULE - does't survive reboots

From: David J. Dachtera (djesys.nospam_at_NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net)
Date: 04/06/04


Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:43:33 -0500

Chuck Chopp wrote:
>
> I've been doing Google searches and looking over the FAQ and I think I'm
> either outright failing to find the obvious or else something strange is
> going on.
>
> I just finished setting up an AlphaServer DS10L as a hobbyist system with
> OpenVMS Alpha v7.3-1. Shortly after a reboot, I'm getting OPCOM messages
> indicating that the logical name SYS$TIMEZONE_RULE is not defined. Sure
> enough, it is not defined. After re-running UCT$TIME_SETUP.COM, I see that
> the logical name is defined but after a reboot it is undefined again. I
> thought that the time zone settings that were chosen by running that command
> procedure were supposed to be re-used at each reboot, but obviously I'm
> missing something in my system startup.
>
> What's the part that I'm missing?

$ sea sys$sTartup:*.com tdf$utc_startup/nowarn

******************************
SYS$COMMON:[SYS$STARTUP]VMS$BASEENVIRON-050_VMS.COM;1

$if f$search("SYS$STARTUP:TDF$UTC_STARTUP.COM") .nes. ""
$@SYS$STARTUP:TDF$UTC_STARTUP.COM
$write sys$output "%SYSTEM-W-OPENIN, error opening
@SYS$STARTUP:TDF$UTC_STARTUP.COM"

It's supposed to be invoked as shown during system startup.

I'd log a call...

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