[Info-vax] RMS internals?

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Sat Aug 8 07:32:52 EDT 2009


In article <leudna-Ksehl1OHXnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>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!

No RMS internals there.
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