In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (James Howard) wrote:
 
>George Greer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>: I STILL have no
>: idea how to change directories, make them, or look anywhere but my home.
>
>The command for creating directories under VMS is nonsense.  It took me
>five or six tries before I got it right.  It went something like
>"create/dir [und.howardjp.temp]" or something.  I *really* prefer the
>Unix method of "mkdir temp".  That is really simple and it is just as
>easy to remove it.  I still can't do that on the VMS.  The only thing
>that is getting me through this unfortunate experience with VMS is the
>fact that the command structure is *similar* to DOS.  Which is not really
>a plus when you consider that DOS 2.0+ was based on Unix command and
>directory structure and syntax.
 
Okay, if I'm remembering right, here's how to make a directory called TEST
in your current default directory (or your current working directory, for
all you unix folks):
 
$ CREATE /DIRECTORY [.TEST]
 
And here's how to delete a subdirectory called TEST, blowing away
everything inside before you do so (rm -rf for unix lovers):
 
$ DELETE [.TEST]*.*;*
$ SET PROTECTION=(O:RWED) TEST.DIR
$ DELETE TEST.DIR;*
 
Yes, it's contorted.  However, I also have a friend who, on his
Linux/Xwindows box, quickly switched to another xterm, and issued rm -rf
*, before realizing that he had switched to the wrong xterm.  Deleted a
good portion of his hard disk before realizing what he had done.
 
>By the way, I think the change directory command for VMS is the same as
>for Unix... "cd temp".  At least that seemed to work on MIAVX1.
 
I'm pretty sure you can do that only because Kent wrote a nifty little
script called CD.  The actual command to move to a subdirectory called
TEST is this:
 
$ SET DEFAULT [.TEST]
 
And to see what directory you're in:
 
$ SHOW DEFAULT
 
Clayton L. Hines                                         [log in to unmask]
UNIX Software Specialist                  Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA