[Info-vax] RMS record metadata, was: Re: Re; Spiralog, RMS Journaling (was

[Bob Koehler]

In article <be575c72-8d63-44a2-9aeb-c15bb24c7c59 at googlegroups.com>, lawrencedo99 at gmail.com writes:
> 
> Then there=E2=80=99s the sheer complexity of a VMS filespec. Does the idea =
> of exposing disk device names seem so wise nowadays?

   Yes, it does.  Works just fine.  Don't need to hide them like some OS
   written in the late 1960s.

> On POSIX, you have a p=
> athspec with components separated by simple slashes, and disk device names =
> are completely hidden.

   There are issues that arize when you can see the device names, and
   issues that arize when you can't.