[Info-vax] Search for folders

[Dan Cross]

In article <up3dj4$3f7b4$2 at dont-email.me>,
Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>On 1/27/2024 8:52 AM, bill wrote:
>> On 1/27/2024 12:32 AM, 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?
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, the Unix directory structure is weird, the VMS directory structure is
>>> reasonable.
>>>
>>
>> What is weird about the Unix directory structure?  It is a simple tree.
>>
>> In what way is it different from the VMS structure other than not having
>> lots of "roots"?
>
>Because I'm familiar with the VMS structure ???

Defining something as "weird" because you're not familiar with
it isn't very enlightened.  If that's the metric one judges by,
consider how many orders of magnitude more people these days
will call VMS's filesystem layout "weird" because it's different
than something they are more familiar with, such as Linux, the
Mac or Windows.  Who's to say who's right under such subjective
criteria?

	- Dan C.