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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-06-23 14:59, Bob Koehler wrote:
> 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.

Agreed. There is no real problem with explicitly showing the device, as 
opposed to hiding it. And yes, VMS is way newer than Unix. :-)

>> 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.

Right. Pro's and cons. I wish more people could remember that.

	Johnny