[Info-vax] Search for folders

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Sat Jan 27 14:55:59 EST 2024


On 1/27/2024 1:48 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 00:32 -0500, Dave Froble wrote:
>> 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?

[0,0] is a synonym for [000000].

I believe it is for backwards compatibility with some PDP-11 OS,
but that is before my time - maybe some of the PDP-11 knowledgable
can either confirm and explain or discard the hypothesis.

Arne




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