SMBClient

[Martin Vorlaender]

> I am trying to run smbclient for diagnosis purpose on VAX, I 
> have defined SMBC like this
> $ smbc :== samba_root:[bin.vax]smbclient
> now when I run
> $ smbc -L Nav1
> I get no message but simply
> Added interface ip=135.1.1.3 bcast=135.1.255.255 nmask=255.255.0.0
> Usage: dka0:[samba.][bin.vax]smbclient.exe;1 service 
> <password> [options]
> Version 2.0.3
>         -s smb.conf           pathname to smb.conf file
>         -B IP addr            broadcast IP address to use
>         .....
> Is there something wrong with definition?

DCL uppercases command lines, and the C RTL downcases all options,
so if you want an uppercase L, you need to quote it:

  $ smbc "-L" Nav1

cu,
  Martin
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