[Info-vax] RMS internals?

[IanMiller]

On Aug 7, 4:36 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> Malcolm Dunnett wrote:
> > Howard S Shubs wrote:
> >> Anyone know where I can get documentation on this?  I've tried HP, and
> >> they've not gotten back to me.
>
> > Somewhere around here I have a document which describes the RMS formats.
> > It predates the indexed file compression stuff but other than that it's
> > still relevant.
>
> > It wasn't a published book, it was something that had been printed off
> > on a line-printer and photocopied (I got it from a local DEC software
> > guy decades ago).
>
> > If there are specific questions you have I could try to find it (maybe I
> > could fax or snail mail you a section of it).
>
> > You might be better off asking in comp.os.vms (while RMS was also
> > offered on other DEC OSes it was most significant on VMS) [I'm
> > cross-posting my reply there]
>
> Try "VMS File System Internals" by Kirby McCoy, Digital Press 1990.
> It's probably a rare book but with time, effort, and money you should be
> able to find a copy!


Note that File System Internals covers the file system not the
internals of RMS files. Hein vdH has done presentations on RMS Indexed
files internals.