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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-11-09, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2020-11-09 13:30:23 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>
>> 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 ?
>
> Not all that useful, as I'm not usually looking to access what can be 
> inconsistent data.
>

Stephen, have you ever worked in commercial data processing ?

There are plenty of uses for such a facility, none of which involve
data integrity issues.

Simon.

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