[Info-vax] : Re: Default protection question

[Wilm Boerhout]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply mentioned  on 13-11-2010 21:26:
> 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.

You're right. The numerical thingy and the <> thingy are unrelated / 
independent and the <> may be used instead of [] in any directory 
designation. As you say, most DCL procedures only expect [] when doing 
their home-made parsing of directory strings. f$parse() will recognize 
either. Anybody care to check whether that's still true on V8.4 ?

/Wilm


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