[Info-vax] Alpha V8.4-2 distribution

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-06-20, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> Well, if you were to pay attention to details ....
>

Oh I was, because I know the only time you get that style output for
[000000] is when you use a comma in the directory specification for
the dir command. :-)

> AS800> syh
> OpenVMS V8.4-2  on node AS800   20-JUN-2016 19:01:29.55   Uptime  0 00:38:02
>
> AS800> dir lda1:[0,0]
>
> Directory LDA1:[0,0]
>
> 000000.DIR;1        AVAIL_MAN_BASE.DIR;1                    BACKUP.SYS;1
> BADBLK.SYS;1        BADLOG.SYS;1        BITMAP.SYS;1
>
> You will note that in the original post, there is no "$" or even "AS800>" prompt 
> in front of ">>> Directory LDA1:[000,000]", so, it was the output of the 
> directory command that used the comma.  I may have wasted the comma, but it 
> wasn't what was commented upon.
>
> RSTS/E was fun.  No, I don't miss TKB ....

You mean you don't miss the wonders of overlays ?

Don't worry, I don't miss faffing around with them either. :-)

Simon.

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