[Info-vax] Request description of UFS for VMS person

[Arne Vajhøj]

glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:50:05 UTC, JF Mezei 
>> <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>  
>>> DOes Unix have the equivalent of SET FILE <mumble> /NODIRECTORY  to
>>> convert a directory file into a normal file ?
>  
>> Well, since there is no one Unix, this answer is limited to 
>> just a few:
>  
>> Unix v6, v7, 4.0BSD, 4.1BSD, 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, FreeBSD, 
>> Minix, NetBSD, Solaris, UnixWare...
>  
>> No. I've always been amazed that VMS allowed it, since 
>> it compromises the file structure.
> 
> I do remember renaming directories such that they didn't
> have a .dir, which makes them harder for others to see, but the
> system still knows that they are directories.  
> 
> I am pretty sure you can't take an ordinary file and
> SET FILE /DIRECTORY, are you sure it compromises the file
> structure?  

That is not valid DCL syntax. Only /NODIRECTORY is.

But is is a rather "violent" command.

On the good side: it does require SYSPRV.

Arne