[Info-vax] Still no DIR/SORT_BY_TIME

[AEF]

On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 8:55:12 AM UTC-4, VAXman- wrote:
> In article <mqht27$vs6$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> >On 2015-08-12, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> >> On 2015-08-12 22:29:26 +0000, alanxxxxx said:
> >>> Should I freely load freeware onto production boxes? (Didn't intend the 
> >>> pun, but I'm leaving it in!)
> >>
> >> You probably already have freeware on production boxes.  There's some 
> >> in the base OpenVMS distro.  Some in layered products.
> >>
> >
> >That's vendor supported freeware which is covered by your support
> >contract; the stuff you load yourself isn't.
> 
> You only load HP|VSI products on your system(s)?
> 
> 
> 
> >It varies by site whether that matters or if doing the latter without
> >authorisation will get you fired.
> 
> I have products I support that are free of charge; are those not permissable
> in your environment?

I don't know.

Anyway, I find 

ls -ltr | tail

quite handy. Just can't believe that VMS still doesn't have something like that after ~38 years. I was just remarking about it. 


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