[Info-vax] Extending nested directory search syntax

[Dave Froble]

On 7/8/2021 2:28 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <sc7dvj$n1t$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>
>> If you want to search all directories under sys$examples: (for example),
>> it would be nice if the following syntax worked instead of giving
>> an error:
>>
>> $ dir sys$examples:[...]
>> %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening SYS$EXAMPLES:[...] as input
>> -RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name
>>
>> Would anyone else find such syntax to be useful ?
>
> Yes.
>

Well, for me, I'd rather do what I need, and let the devs work on 
important stuff.

$ SET DEFAULT SYS$EXAMPLES
$ DI [...]
$ HOME

Not so difficult ...

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