George Greer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Clayton L. Hines <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article
: <[log in to unmask]>...
 
: > anxious to hear a real defense of its cryptic directory syntax (now do I
: > use square braces here, or a colon?), its confusing file names (well I
: > didn't need the explicit version number to CREATE the $&*# file!), and
: > its tiny user base (where's comp.os.vms.* ?).
 
: I've played around on VAXen type machines, mostly Muhaxp.ham.muohio.edu
: because MiaVX1 is so slow (50 users normally, compared to Muhaxp's 1)
: I figured out how to forward mail, ftp, telnet, read mail, random little
: file
: handling (delete, rename), but never anything productive.  I STILL have no
: idea how to change directories, make them, or look anywhere but my home.
: But I would have to thank Jason Portwood for his dir/copy/move aliases to
: get me through those first times in working with Linux :) (they're system
: default for everyone)
 
The command for creating directories under VMS is nonsense.  It took me
five or six tries before I got it right.  It went something like
"create/dir [und.howardjp.temp]" or something.  I *really* prefer the
Unix method of "mkdir temp".  That is really simple and it is just as
easy to remove it.  I still can't do that on the VMS.  The only thing
that is getting me through this unfortunate experience with VMS is the
fact that the command structure is *similar* to DOS.  Which is not really
a plus when you consider that DOS 2.0+ was based on Unix command and
directory structure and syntax.
 
By the way, I think the change directory command for VMS is the same as
for Unix... "cd temp".  At least that seemed to work on MIAVX1.
 
: George
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  James Howard                                             [log in to unmask]
  Miami University, Ohio                   http://www.ham.muohio.edu/~howardjp
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I wonder if I ought to tell them about my PREVIOUS LIFE as a COMPLETE
STRANGER?