[Info-vax] Extending nested directory search syntax

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-07-12, Stephen Davies <joviangm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, 8 July 2021 at 18:51:49 UTC+1, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 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 
>
> One thing I have always disliked about VMS is the inability to do
> something as simple as "dir SYS$LOGIN:[SOME_DIR]"
>

It is a surprising omission given how well-used such syntax would
be and given how tightly integrated into VMS logical names are.

Simon.

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