[Info-vax] how to extract and install content from vms073lp.zip

[David Froble]

Qunying wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am just started to play around VMS running under simh's vax simulation.
> 
> I have all the kits download from HP and have the system running. I 
> could have most the the compiler kits installed.  But for this 
> VMS073LP.zip file, it is quite difficult.
> 
> First, may attend to unzip it with "-X" failed (although with the flag, 
> it could unzip without problem), after download it directly from VMS 
> itself, I could unzip it without error.
> 
> Then the VMS073LP.BCK file, I could "use backup /list vms073lp.bck 
> /save_set" to list out the content. But I am not sure how to restore 
> it.  I tried to use command "backup vms073lp.bck /save_set dua2:", it 
> seems it extract the content flat on dua2:, without any directory 
> hierarchy:

The above command did exactly what you asked it to do.  It moved the files into the 
location you specified, "dua2:".

To have BACKUP retain the directory structure, specify the destination with wildcard 
characters, ie; DUA2:[*...].  The triple dots indicate to retain directory structure.  You 
could instead use DUA2:[SOMEWHERE...] if you wanted to specify the location under which 
the contents of the source would be written.