[Info-vax] What does VMS get used for, these days?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <tkk3rr$em$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> > Consider the fact that the user submitting the file might not have write
> > permission to the current directory or to the directory where the
> > procedure is located, but very probably does to SYS$LOGIN.
> 
> Not having write access to the dir must be a special case.

I don't know.  Certainly there are environments where there is some 
official software or whatever where normal users are not allowed to 
write.  Think SYS$SYSTEM.  Should every user have access there?  Think 
of a company's software package in some directory.  Same thing.

> > I prefer the default.  I certainly don't want my procedure directory
> > cluttered up with log files.

> And to me it seems logical to have the logs files together
> with whatever produces it.

Consider a multi-user development system where there is some global 
software (though users might have local copies, the default path being 
defined by a search-list logical or whatever); surely the log files of 
the individual users should not go into that global directory.