[Info-vax] BACKUP to the null device

[IanMiller]

On Feb 8, 7:38 pm, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> Whu does BACKUP to NL:FOO.BAR give the error %BACKUP-F-INVDEVTYP but to
> NL:FOO.BAR/SAVE_SET work?  If the error is correct in the first case,
> why doesn't it apply in the second, since in both cases the target is a
> file with the same device, directory, name, type and version?


I think NLA0 acts more like a tape than a disk i.e you can't have
directories. NLA0 is defined as a mailbox, record oriented device
similar to tape (according to SHOW DEVICE/FULL)