[Info-vax] DCL enhancement?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <653fbe99-79cf-453a-8451-4af11d4ac111n at googlegroups.com>,
John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> writes: 

> On Monday, January 3, 2022 at 9:04:16 AM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> > In article <61d2fef3$0$703$1472... at news.sunsite.dk>, 
> > =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajhøj?= <ar... at vajhoej.dk> writes: 
> > 
> > Real-life example: 
> > 
> > $ purge/confirm/before="-31-" DISK$USER:[HELBIG...]*.*/keep=5 
> > 
> > :-|

> Tools like PURGE (just a variant of DELETE) simply gives that filespec
> to LIB$FILE_SCAN and keep getting filenames back.  What is the "next
> file" that you speak of?  Different name in same directory?  Same name
> in different directory?  Different DID and DEVICE from the last file? (I
> think that's what you want) 

What I want is that if I reply with, say, "S" for "same file" (as 
opposed to Y, N, or A), then it will process all further files which 
differ only in the version number from the file at which I entered that 
response.

> And do you want that form of /CONFIRM=UNTIL_THE_NEXT_FILE to work on
> other verbs like RENAME, SET FILE, etc? 

If they accept "A", then, ideally, yes.  :-)