[Info-vax] How do I make zip, unzip etc. available to all users?

[John Reagan]

On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 6:16:36 PM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <>,
>  writes: 
> 
> > > Where to put your own system-wide images?  Your choice.  Put 'em on the
> > > system disk.  Put 'em in the default [SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE] area (just hope
> > > HPE/VSI doesn't replace them with a future ZIP).
> > 
> > That would be a good trick since this is a VAX hobbyist system ;)
> > 
> > SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE ...thanks. I'll look for it. 
> 
> No, no, no, no, no.  Never put third-party products on the system disk.
> Never.  Never.  Don't do it.  Don't go there.  Don't even think about 
> it.
> 

My "suggestion" for SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE] was sorta tongue-in-cheek.  In general, I wouldn't put local stuff there as patch kits, upgrades, etc. will either get confused or wipe them out.

And while I'm here, I'll offer another "no, no, no".  Don't think about screwing around with the definitions of SYS$COMMON or SYS$SYSROOT to splice in another directory.  I've seen people try that and it can cause subtle behavior changes.