[Info-vax] VMS defragmenters

[AEF]

On Apr 20, 9:32 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
Koehler) wrote:
> In article <00A8A377.BE0D1... at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>
> > In article <DRXRwJvo3... at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>
> > That's it?  VMB.EXE (VAX) and APB.EXE (Alpha) should be as well.
>
> > Moving the SYSDUMP.DMP wouldn't be a problem unless your system crashes.
> > In this case, hope that you have a valid restorable backup of the system
> > disk. ;)
>
>    On my SIMH VAX running VMS 7.3 VMB.EXE is not marked NOMOVE.  I
>    didn't change it, have never changed it on any VAX, and have never
>    had a problem.
>

Interesting. It's marked MoveFile disabled on mine:


Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]

VMB.EXE;1                     File ID:  (1341,3,0)
Size:           87/90         Owner:    [SYSTEM]
Created:   15-MAY-1995 10:58:24.93
Revised:    2-JUN-2000 09:55:54.48 (5)
Expires:   <None specified>
Backup:     3-DEC-2008 22:57:39.67
Effective: <None specified>
Recording: <None specified>
File organization:  Sequential
Shelved state:      Online
File attributes:    Allocation: 90, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0,
No version limit, Contiguous, MoveFile disabled
Record format:      Fixed length 512 byte records
Record attributes:  None
RMS attributes:     None
Journaling enabled: None
File protection:    System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RE
Access Cntrl List:  None

Total of 1 file, 87/90 blocks.

$ write sys$output f$getsyi("version")
V6.2
$

Run on a MicroVAX 3100 Model 80.

Also, many of the files in my "SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES" are also marked
MoveFiule disabled.

AEF


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