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Article #318Re: Nifty feature in VMS alias mechanism
From: Tony Li
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1986 20:10
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1986 20:10
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In article <1122@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP writes:
(Which prompts another aside on VMS; why oh why is there a SET FILE/ENTRY
under VMS if DELETE-ing the extra entry blows away the file data itself,
leaving any other entries for that file invalid? Why isn't a link count
kept a la the UNIX (TM of AT&T) OS even if VMS doesn't have inodes?)
SET FILE/ENTRY in VMS is a serious kludge and is not meant to be used in cases
where one entry might be deleted. There is no link count, and there are no
inodes to speak of. There is an index to the system and the link count
could be kept there.... but it's not. Basically, SET FILE/ENTRY is a very
dangerous feature which is not properly supported.
--
Tony Li ;-) Usc Computer Science
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site usc-oberon.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ucbvax!hplabs!sdcrdcf!usc-oberon!tli From: tli@usc-oberon.UUCP (Tony Li) Newsgroups: net.decus Subject: Re: Nifty feature in VMS alias mechanism Message-ID: <713@usc-oberon.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Aug-86 16:10:23 EDT Article-I.D.: usc-ober.713 Posted: Sun Aug 10 16:10:23 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Aug-86 07:06:54 EDT References: <486@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> <1000@ttrdc.UUCP> Reply-To: tli@usc-oberon.UUCP (Tony Li) Organization: USC Computing Services, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 19