[Info-vax] : Re: Default protection question

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <ib9agl$bkp$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, Wilm Boerhout
<wboerhout-deletethis at gmail.com> writes: 

> 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.

But can't EVERY directory (not just numerical ones) be written with <> 
instead of []?

Try 

   $ SET DEFAULT <>

Yes, it will break some procedures which make too many assumptions.