[Info-vax] Search for folders

[bill]

On 1/27/2024 6:18 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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.
> 

Actually, all of them are right.

bill