[Info-vax] DCL enhancements

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rumtou$mrk$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> Or set the default version limit to one on all volumes newly 
> initialized, 

That's one thing I wouldn't want, at least not as the default.

> maybe fix the inexplicable SYS$SCRATCH default of 
> SYS$LOGIN, 

Presumably, SYS$LOGIN is the only directory which can be counted on to 
exist.

> and force the user to enable and accept the costs and messes 
> of multiple versions manually.

The advantages HUGELY outweigh the disadvantages!

> Then force the user to deal with the ensuing complexity brought by 
> their unwise choice to enable multiple versions, to script the 
> inevitable cleanup requirements, to store their temporary files in an 
> actual temporary area, and not dump all that into SYS$LOGIN:.

Or tell them to read the manual before starting to work with VMS.  :-)