[Info-vax] VMS V8.4 (IA64) v. Non-directory file named fred.DIR; 1

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On Monday, April 30, 2012 3:32:11 PM UTC-4, Steven Schweda wrote:
> Someone please tell me that this has already been fixed,
> and that if I weren't a worthless-peon hobbyist, I would
> probably already have a patch for it:
> 
> REX $ tcpip show version
> 
>   HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Version V5.7 -
> ECO 1
>   on an HP rx2600  (1.50GHz/6.0MB) running OpenVMS V8.4
> 
> REX $ create /directory sys$sysdevice:[dir_bug]
> REX $ copy nl: sys$sysdevice:[dir_bug]dir_bug.dir;1
> REX $ dire sys$sysdevice:[dir_bug...]
> 
> Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[dir_bug]
> 
> %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening SYS$SYSDEVICE:[dir_bug.dir_bug]*.*;*
> as input
> -RMS-E-ACC, ACP file access failed
> -SYSTEM-F-FILNOTACC, file not accessed on channel
> dir_bug.dir;1
> 
> Total of 1 file.
> 
> 
>    On an older Alpha system:
> 
> ALP $ tcpip show version
> 
>   HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6 - ECO 5
>   on a COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 running OpenVMS V8.3
> 
> ALP $ create /directory sys$sysdevice:[dir_bug]
> ALP $ copy nl: sys$sysdevice:[dir_bug]dir_bug.dir;1
> ALP $ dire sys$sysdevice:[dir_bug...]
> 
> Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[dir_bug]
> 
> dir_bug.dir;1
> 
> Total of 1 file.
> 
>    Both system disks are ODS5, obviously.
> 
>    I was just trying to look for a particular file anywhere
> on a disk, and discovered that an old Cdrecord source tree
> includes/included a (plain) file named RULES.DIR:
> 
> REX $ dg d0:[000000...]fred.dat
> %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening REX$DKA0:
> [utility.SOURCE.CDRECORD.CDRECORD-1_8_1
> .RULES.RULES]fred.dat;* as input
> -RMS-E-ACC, ACP file access failed
> -SYSTEM-F-FILNOTACC, file not accessed on channel
> 
> Which terminates the command.

Patch kit  VMS84I_RMS-V0300 has the following "fix"  This sounds close and may resolve your problem as well.

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A non-directory file with UNICODE characters having an
  extension of .DIR, fails when a recursive directory
  lookup is performed
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Dan