[Info-vax] Search for folders

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/28/2024 10:35 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 15:06 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> Why does it shows me two directories?
>>
>> Now it starts to become a little bit tricky to explain.
>>
>> Let us start with the practical version.
>>
>> In VMS "default directory" does not need to be
>> a single directory - it can actually be a list of
>> directories.
> 
> Ah that bit does make sense, logicals are why we can see more than one
> directory.
> 
> This makes sense:
> 
> $ sh def
>    SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]
>    =   SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]
>    =   SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]
> 
> So, it is the logicals that are used with dir to show us the files and
> folders. Pretty nifty, just have to make sure when I add files, I need
> to be in the correct folder, yes? By default it puts files into the
> first directory, as you've mentioned previously.

Yes.

$ eve sys$specific:[sysmgr]something.com

and

$ eve sys$common:[sysmgr]something.com

work - and IMHO are easily understandable names.

Arne