[Info-vax] DCL enhancements

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-01-25 20:47:54 +0000, Craig A. Berry said:

> On 1/25/21 2:39 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
>> 
>> You can always redefine sys$scratch to point to a sub-directory of sys$login
>> 
>> Done that for years
> 
> So have I, but that's not the default, which is what Hoff complained about.

The default behavior here is bad.

Expecting the user and/or the system administrator and/or the app 
developer to aim the scratch files somewhere else is bad.

And among those folks that do redirect SYS$SCRATCH, you still own 
cleanup, which is bad.

Same for old file versions.

Same for how temporary files and lower versions and the rest interact 
with backups, too.

Most of us just ignore this until it blows up, and some poor schmuck 
issues a PURGE and that blows up something.

Yes, I've seen multiple apps with version dependencies that'll toss 
errors on an errant PURGE.

It's just bad. But I'm in a polite mood today.




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