[Info-vax] : Re: Default protection question

[Wilm Boerhout]

Art Wiens mentioned  on 8-11-2010 17:50:
> koehler wrote on Mon, 08 November 2010 08:06
>> In article <4_mdnXmuRKlUXUjRnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard
>> B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> > > Really? What is the "parent" of [000000]?
>>
>> Itself. Which is why there is an 00000.DIR;1 in [000000].
>
>
> I seem to remember reading something (or hearing it while on a training
> course) a long time ago that the parent of 000000.DIR was a "special"
> directory with notation as [000,000]000000.DIR . It does work:
>
> $ dir/full dsa0:[000,000]000000.dir
>
> Directory DSA0:[000,000]
>
> 000000.DIR;1 File ID: (4,4,0) Size: 3/16 Owner: [1,1]
> Created: 12-SEP-2008 09:15:43.79
> Revised: 18-MAY-2009 12:48:38.86 (6)
>
> That might just be some legacy from the RSX days though.
>
> Cheers,
> Art

Every [nnnmmm] numeric directory, including [000000] can be written in 
DCL commands as [nnn,mmm] or even <nnn,mmm>. It is indeed a legacy from 
the RSX-11 compatibility days. So DUA0:[0,0] , DKA100<10,100> and 
DKA200:[1,4] are all valid directory (well, "account") notations.

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