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

[Dave Froble]

On 12/12/2022 11:14 AM, Volker Halle wrote:
>> Does it also fail on other architectures such as Itanium or x86-64 ?
>
> If tails in the same way on VSI OpenVMS x86-64 V9.2
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> It fails in the same way on OpenVMS I64 V8.2
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> If fails differently on OpenVMS VAX V6.2 and V7.3
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> CHARON $ diff [.a.to_v53]test.txt  [.b.*]
> %DIFF-F-OPENIN, error opening SYS$SYSDEVICE:[ITRC.B.*]TEST.TXT; as input
> -RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name
>
> Volker.
>

Parsing a filespec on VMS has always been interesting ...

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