[Info-vax] sys admin default directory

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-02-09 16:14, Steven Schweda wrote:
>> [...] Similar to environment variables in Unix...
>
>     With the (critical) difference being that on VMS, the file
> system can automatically evaluate a logical name, where with
> a UNIX-like OS/shell the user needs to do that (getenv(),
> "${}") explicitly.
>
>     Logical names are one of VMS's nicest features.  Sadly,
> they're not widely available elsewhere.

There are several significant and important differences between logical 
names and environment variables. But when explaining them to a Unix 
person it is easiest to start there. If they ever want to know more, we 
can go into how much better logical names can be...

	Johnny

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