Clayton L. Hines ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: In article <[log in to unmask]>,
: [log in to unmask] (James Howard) wrote:
: 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]
Simple? Eh, a little too much typing.
: 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
Very contorted. And this is yet another reason to use Unix. The one
command method of eating directories.
: 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.
Think before you act...
: >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:
Good enough for me.
: $ SET DEFAULT [.TEST]
See what I mean? This is pointless. "cd test"! (I guess I should have
used "foo" as opposed to "test"... too late now.)
: And to see what directory you're in:
: $ SHOW DEFAULT
"pwd"! This so much simpler.
: Clayton L. Hines [log in to unmask]
: UNIX Software Specialist Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
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James Howard [log in to unmask]
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