[Info-vax] Search for folders

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 00:32 -0500, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 1/26/2024 3:32 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> > Unix has some great tools for searching for folders and files. Are
> > there similar ones in VMS like `grep` or `find`?
> > 
> > THe folder structure in OpenVMS is wierd... what's the root folder
> > equivalent is it [000000] or is it cleverer than that?

[ snip ]

> Each disk has what you are calling a root directory.  Within it are
> top level  directorys.  The "ROOT" can be addressed as [0,0],
> [000000], or [000,000].  Don't ask me why more than one method.  I
> don't know.

Looks like some form of octal? 

> Do note that one should never, well almost never, place anything in
> that directory.  I've been guilty of doing so, when the disk is
> temporary, and will be re-inited sometime.  Usually some OS
> distribution files.
> 
> What is your specific question(s)?

All is good, I understand now what the folder structure is like for
each disk. 

In my system account when I log in and run the dir command it shows me
this: 

$ dir/page

Directory SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]

ACCOUNTNG.DAT;1     CLUE$STARTUP_KAKAPO.LOG;28		   
CLUE$STARTUP_KAKAPO.LOG;27
CLUE$STARTUP_KAKAPO.LOG;26		IOGEN$PREFIX.DAT;1 
LAN$ACP.LOG;28
LAN$ACP.LOG;27	    LAN$ACP.LOG;26	MAIN.TPU$JOURNAL;1 
NET$INSTALL_IDENTIFIERS.LOG;1
OPERATOR.LOG;30     OPERATOR.LOG;29	OPERATOR.LOG;28     ssh.DIR;1
SSHD_CONFIG_.TPU$JOURNAL;1		SSH_CONFIG_.TPU$JOURNAL;2
SYS$DUMP_CONFIG.DAT;1			SYS$SMHANDLER.LOG;28
SYS$SMHANDLER.LOG;27			SYS$SMHANDLER.LOG;26
SYSTARTUP_VMS.JOU;1 TCPIP$CONFIG_CONVERSION.FLG;1	   
TCPIP$V51_CONVERSION.FLG;1
VMSIMAGES.DAT;1     X86Community-20240401.txt;1

Total of 25 files.

Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]

ACME$START.COM;1    ACME$START.TEMPLATE;1		   
AGEN$NEW_NODE_DEFAULTS.TEMPLATE;1
AGEN$NEW_SATELLITE_DEFAULTS.TEMPLATE;1	AMDS$DIAGNOSTICS.COM;1
AMDS$DRIVER_ACCESS.DAT;1		AMDS$DRIVER_ACCESS.TEMPLATE;1
[ snip ]

Why does it shows me two directories? 
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