VSH - a virtual shell for VAX/VMS
			    by 

                     Camillo Bongiovanni
                       Via Massena, 12
                    10100 Torino (ITALY)
                       tel 011/542173



                          Abstract

     A  shell is a command language interpreter.  VSH is the
name of a particular command interpreter  on  VAX/VMS.   The
primary  purpose  of VSH is to translate command lines typed
at a terminal into system actions,  such  as  invocation  of
other  programs.   VSH  is a user program, just like any one
might write.  It incorporates all the features of DCL and an
history mechanism;  most of the features of VSH are designed
mainly for interactive VMS users.  Hopefully, VSH will be  a
very  useful  program  for  everyone in interacting with the
VAX/VMS Operating System.  In addition, there are some  use-
ful  utility  programs, that can be used in order to facili-
tate software development;  their source  files  were  taken
from  the  UNIX  Operating  System, and adapted for VAX/VMS.
They are not fully tested, thus  questions  and/or  problems
encountered are invited.