[Info-vax] Search for folders

[Dave Froble]

On 1/27/2024 2:38 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
> 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.
>

But, most here already know that I'm not enlightened ...

:-)

As for "right", well, usually it's in the eye of the beholder.

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