[Info-vax] DCL Syntax

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/29/2018 2:45 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 08/29/2018 02:33 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2018-08-28 18:54:54 +0000, John Reagan said:
>>> You need the /TREE qualifier for DELETE to match the behavior. 
>>> (Personally, it should have been /RECURSIVE and not /TREE but nobody 
>>> asked me)
>>
>> The use of /TREE was likely related to one of the more common tools 
>> used for this purpose: DELTREE.
>>
>> And yes, /RECURSIVE would likely have been a better and more obvious 
>> choice here.
>>
>> You and the other folks at VSI are also in a position to do something 
>> about that and about other DCL syntax, too.
> 
> Yes, but considering the potential impact on existing already
> written procedures is it worth making little cosmetic changes
> like this when everyone (even me) understood the old meaning?

Add /RECURSIVE, document /RECURSIVE, remove /TREE from documentation
but keep /TREE working.

Arne