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VMS also used the semicolon to do version information if you're interfacing with DCL or DECWindows (or NFS I think too). The dot was also used as the directory
by mveety 12y ago
VMS also used the semicolon to do version information if you're interfacing with DCL or DECWindows (or NFS I think too). The dot was also used as the directory separator.
In VMS land your path would look something like (in the case of my login.com): DSA0:[USERS.MVEETY]LOGIN.COM;5
- productionQA 12y agoMy company still uses VMS today. This: DSA0:[USERS.MVEETY]LOGIN.COM;5 Looks all too familiar to me :-/ I even still have to write some DCL from time to time! I swear we are going to be the last one's off this system.
- atsaloli 12y agoVMS isn't dead yet. HP just licensed VMS to vmssoftware.com: http://www.vmssoftware.com/news/announcement/faq.pdf http://www.vmssoftware.com/news/announcement/faq.pdf Roadmap: http://www.vmssoftware.com/news/announcement/RM/VMS_Software_Roadmap.pdf http://www.vmssoftware.com/news/announcement/RM/VMS_Software...