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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-11-10 15:43:40 +0000, Chris Townley said:

> Woudln't it be possible to change the batch processor to make log files 
> readable?

Yes.  That's entirely possible. The change itself wouldn't be difficult.

There'll be some increase in system overhead associated, though that 
increase is probably negligible in most environments.

That API change will break apps, as there are apps that are dependent 
on encountering locked log files.

With any sufficiently complex software product, "no good deed goes 
unpunished", q.v. Hyrum's Law, q.v. https://xkcd.com/1172/


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