[Info-vax] Java portability and VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <4d5e7712$0$23755$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> 
> 
> Opening a file with the name C:\test.txt on Unix does not
> work well either.

Actually, Unix could care less about those naming conventions.
As long as the file exists it will open it just fine.


server2# mkdir C:
server2# ls -l
total 2
drwxr-xr-x  2 bill  staff  512 Feb 18 08:58 C:
server2# touch C:/dummy.txt
server2# ls -l C:
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 bill  staff  0 Feb 18 08:58 dummy.txt
server2# find .
.
./C:
./C:/dummy.txt
server2#

bill

-- 
Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>