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  DEFLIT

  Define a literal logical name.

  Format

  DEFLIT logical-name required-flag equivalence-name

  Parameters
  logical-name

  Specifies the logical name string. The logical name string can
  contain from 1 to 255 characters.
  By default, the logical name is placed in the application logi-
  cal name table. The string may contain any characters that
  constitute a valid logical name.

  required-flag
  Indicates whether to check for existance of the device, di-
  rectory or file specified by the equivalence-name, and what
  behaviour to take if its is not found. This flag is ignored by
  the DEFLIT command.

  equivalence-name[,...]
  Defines the equivalence names to be associated with the log-
  ical name. An equivalence name string can contain from
  1 to 255 characters. If the string contains any characters
  other than alphanumerics, the dollar sign, or the under-
  score character, enclose the string in quotation marks (i.e.
  "equivalence-name"). If the equivalence name contains quo-
  tation marks, enclose the string in quotation marks and use
  double quotation marks ("") in the places where you want a
  quotation mark (") to occur.

  The DEFLIT command allows you to assign the same logical
  name to more than one equivalence name. When you specify
  more than one equivalence name for a logical name, you cre-
  ate a search list. See the OpenVMS DCL Concepts Manual
  for more information on search lists.

  Examples
  1.

        $ DEFLIT FIN_HEADING YES "Financial Systems"