[Info-vax] Why does this DIFF command fail, then run fine the 2nd time around?

[alanfe...@gmail.com]

On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 1:45:46 AM UTC-5, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> $ TO SCRFELD:[TOS] 
> =============================================================================== 
> Processing SCRFELD:[TOS] 
> Checking SCRFELD:[TOS] 
> 
> TO_1 = DISK_USER:[DECUSERVE_USER.FELDMAN] 
> TO_0 = SCRFELD:[TOS] ! (current default) 
> 
> Your default is 
> SCRFELD:[TOS] 
> 
> $ DIFP SCRFELD:[.A.TO_V530]CLEAR_NBACK_LNMS.COM;1 [.B.*] 
> %DIFF-F-OPENIN, error opening SCRFELD:[TOS.B.*]CLEAR_NBACK_LNMS.COM; as input 
> -RMS-E-NMF, no more files found 
> $ 
> $ DIFP SCRFELD:[.A.TO_V530]CLEAR_NBACK_LNMS.COM;1 [.B.*] 
> Number of difference sections found: 0 
> Number of difference records found: 0 
> 
> DIFFERENCES /PARALLEL- 
> SCRFELD:[TOS.A.TO_V530]CLEAR_NBACK_LNMS.COM;1- 
> SCRFELD:[TOS.B.T]CLEAR_NBACK_LNMS.COM;1 
> $ 
> 
> $ SHOW LOG/FUL SCRFELD 
> "SCRFELD" [super] = "DSA2:[USR_SCRATCH.FELDMAN.]" [concealed,terminal] (LNM$PROCESS_TABLE) 
> $ 
> OpenVMS V8.4-2L2 
> 
> TIA!

$ SHOW SYMBOL DIFP
  DIFP == "DIFFERENCES/PARALLEL"
$