[Info-vax] VMS enhancement suggestion: Add a "read regardless" file open option.

[Simon Clubley]

On RSTS/E, you can view the contents of a file opened for write by
specifying mode 4096 as in:

pip filename.dat/mo:4096

What would be involved in adding a "read regardless" file open option
to VMS which would allow the opening of files for read only even if
they are already open for write, and then adding a qualifier to $ TYPE
to use this new option ?

How useful would others here find this capability ?

Simon.

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