... you know where i can ftp VMS sources from....) AF> System administration under VMS ... is no concept AF> behind! In VMS - all commands are full english words ... RISC supports a compact instruction set. VMS was geared towards suits, which like ...

linux-activists - Craig I. Hagan - Jul 18 1993 - 13:36

... Shah) writes: >Unlikely to happen. VMS has been consigned to the ... couldn't stop the daemon. VMS: STOP QUEUE/ABORT queue_name - never ... use -x or so - in VMS all switches have the correct ... Language Sensitive Editor LSE under VMS? It depends on the language ...

linux-activists - Andre Fuechsel - Jul 15 1993 - 07:29

... /System V/..." >No matter with VMS, this is really a consistent ... is no concept behind! In VMS - all commands are >full english ... one five >years ago - in VMS there exist very good editors ... Language Sensitive Editor >LSE under VMS? It depends on the language ...

linux-activists - Lawrence Foard - Jul 15 1993 - 09:56

... today is as good as VMS is!! Aaargh! Nononononono... [lots of ... Language Sensitive >Editor LSE under VMS? It depends on the language ... helping shut down a VAX/VMS system in about March...having ... to see it go. Sure, VMS has a 'consistent' interface - IF ...

linux-activists - Phil Burg - Jul 15 1993 - 19:40

... command line. I >>once loved VMS, but then I discovered unix! ... miss, there also is the VMS filesystem (RMS) >which is, in ... delete a directory tree on VMS ? >Just my 2e-2$ >Arthur ... have been somewhat interesting. While VMS does have some fine features ...

linux-activists - J. Scott Farrow - Jul 18 1993 - 16:19

... couldn't stop the daemon. VMS: STOP QUEUE/ABORT queue_name - never ... are all application issues ... you're free to write your own ... Language Sensitive Editor >LSE under VMS? It depends on the language ... many people don't know VMS exactly but hate it. > Well ...

linux-activists - Michael Kenney - Jul 15 1993 - 10:59

... goes to having accessible documentation... how many VMS >users have practical access to the gray ... that you could pass parameters to VMS programs easier then it requires them... ... , acts the same way as generic VMS help does...) All things considered, I ...

linux-activists - Kristian Stark - Jul 22 1993 - 03:19

... /System V/..." >No matter with VMS, this is really a consistent ... is no concept behind! In VMS - all commands are >full english ... 's the equivalent of cd .. ? >VMS all switches have the correct ... one five >years ago - in VMS there exist very good editors ...

linux-activists - Zack Evans - Jul 16 1993 - 16:13

... to have the attitude of Andre above (VMS is great). However, the remainder of us find ourselfs swearing at VMS daily (hourly). The bloody clunky queue basis ... of the marketing dept. Open (sic) VMS has this same problem. Peter

linux-activists - Peter MacDonald - Jul 18 1993 - 02:24

... said: > JSF> somewhat interesting. While VMS does have some fine features ... cd comfile or something for VMS, but how is this any ... 't a freeware version of VMS. I'll ... there are some features of VMS that UNIX could use, but ...

linux-activists - J. Scott Farrow - Jul 27 1993 - 18:55

... system! > I agree with Andre. VMS has the distinct advantage that ... just a *leetle* bit different. VMS of course has the distinct ... When I was working on VMS, I always wished that they ... verb varies according to its subject -- *I* am firm; *you* are ...

linux-activists - wpwood - Jul 15 1993 - 09:59

... there's an Alpha port of VMS (or was that the MIPS R3000 ... > That, or the non-VAX VMS source trees > share very little, ... bugs I've found come straight from VAX/VMS. And the VAX/VMS ... entirely inaccurate; the major inaccuracty comes from VAX/VMS 3.0 -> VAX/VMS ...

linux-activists - ivie - Jul 16 1993 - 11:56

... - an operating system similar to >>VMS along the lines of linux. ... am I > > Unlikely to happen. VMS has been consigned to the ... device driver work on both VMS and Unix (Ultrix and OSF/ ... Roger "If only Unix had VMS-style FORK procedures..." Ivie ivie@ ...

linux-activists - ivie - Jul 14 1993 - 19:00

... .rz.uni-ulm.de pub/VMS/misc/pipe.zip > Apart from ... delete a directory tree on VMS ? $ delete [.'p1'...]*.*;*,;*,;*,;*,;*,;*,;*,;*,;*,;*,[]'p1'.dir; ok ... 45050260103::orakel \ \ Student consultant VAX/VMS and networks \ orakel@dulruu51.bitnet ...

linux-activists - Framstag - Jul 17 1993 - 09:36

... that ISN'T directly supported by VMS (like > a non-dec product) ... drivers to the system. > > thanx, VMS has similar hunks of baggage ( ... the way, on the subject of non-VT100s with VMS, try this: ... added command-line editing to VMS didn't have slow modems ...

linux-activists - ivie - Jul 19 1993 - 00:01

... wierd; if it's not a VMS machine, you can't logout by ... . Of course, I'm not running VMS 6.0 (yet)... I've had much more success with xdm displaying on a VMS machine (treating the VMS ... as an x-terminal) than with VMS treating a unix machine as an x ...

linux-activists - ivie - Jul 19 1993 - 00:06

... to my way of thinking. In vms,I say copy *.bar *.foo and ... if I do the following in VMS copy *.foo,*.bar *.bing then ... and easier to grok than VMS. For example, tell me how ... line args for another in VMS? (Answer: You hack its output ...

linux-activists - Warner Losh - Jul 19 1993 - 15:54

... > When I was working on VMS, I always wished that they supported ... what I see as the fatal VMS/DCL design flaw, i.e., ... the command line. I once loved VMS, but then I discovered unix! I ... (and grudgingly) log on to VMS machines. When I do, I feel ...

linux-activists - Bob Craycroft x629 - Jul 15 1993 - 15:54

... /auditing/control. And nonetheless the VMS cluster >environment, which gives users ... to have the above good VMS features. Agreed. rab ======================================================================== Richard Brown | E- ...

linux-activists - Duty Programmer - Jul 18 1993 - 23:11

... I've been forced into doing VMS admin at my first >post-college ... even know I would be doing VMS until after I was >hired! ... I was never much of a VMS user before, the last few weeks have been >somewhat interesting. While VMS does have some fine features ...

linux-activists - J. M. O'Donnell - Jul 19 1993 - 17:41