[Info-vax] OpenVMS - file selection abnormally with Copy / Rename or user ignorance?

[JF Mezei]

On 15-03-30 17:18, mcleanjoh at gmail.com wrote:

> So you think there's no difference between copying (or whatever) the data within a file and simply reporting what's in the header block

I have to *assume* that COPY, when executing the wildcard processing,
opens files one by one in a way where, if the file metadata fits the
search criteria, the file is ready to be copied.

So when it its a file that is locked, it complains even if that file,
should it have been succesfully opened, would have revealed it didn't
fit the search criteria.

Meanwhile, I would assume that DIRECTORY always opens the files with the
equivalent of /IGNORE-INTERLOCK to report current status.

All of the abobe is an ASSUMPTION based on the behaviour reported by the
OP. ( COPY complained about file locked on a file that didn't fit the
search criteria).