[Info-vax] Caution: LTT ignores ALLOCATE

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 10/5/2011 11:05 AM, Steven Schweda wrote:
> On Oct 5, 9:36 am, Dale Dellutri<ddelQQQl... at panQQQix.com>  wrote:
>> I use LTT (Library and Tape Tool) to test tape drives and cartridges.
>> I just discovered that it ignores the fact that another processes may
>> have exclusive access to the drive via the ALLOCATE command.
>>
>> LTT is clearly not originally written for OpenVMS, and it shows.
>
>     Define "exclusive".

Try the dictionary definition: "Not shared with others"
>
>        pipe show proc /priv | sear sys$input " share "
>
> Some folks can be harder to exclude than others.