[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-01-22 15:00:53 +0000, Bob Koehler said:

>    For at least ODS-2 and -5, the second name entered by ... "set 
> file/enter", is an alias, not a hardlink.

With OpenVMS V7.3 and later on OpenVMS Alpha and on OpenVMS I64, SET 
FILE /ENTER creates either an alias or a hard link, depending on the 
setting of the target ODS-5 volume.

ODS-2 gets only aliases.

The DCL command for both aliases and hard links is the same.

What happens depends on the setting of the target ODS-5 volume.

This is another example of a command or a routine that can do different 
things based on some compatibility setting(s) located elsewhere.


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