[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Bob Eager wrote:
(snip)
 
>> Remind me when DEC finally provided a defragmenter for VMS...! :-)
 
> Did DEC EVER provide a defragmenter?

I am not sure what it was called, but I remember in VMS 1.0
it was possible to rename a directory into itself, such that
the disk blocks disappeared.  There was some process for 
recovering such lost blocks.  That process may also have
defragmented the disk.

-- glen