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- From: vance@lpl.arizona.edu (Vance Haemmerle x4021)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Apending a file at the end of mail.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.231553.11838@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 23:15:53 GMT
- References: <22DEC199209022524@spades.aces.com> <1992Dec23.063743.3368@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <23DEC199208361368@spades.aces.com>
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- In article <23DEC199208361368@spades.aces.com> gavron@ACES.COM writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.063743.3368@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, I write:
- ># And to think... TPU becomes the default editor under VMS V6.0.
- ># Oh the horror! ;-)
- >
- >It is a horror. Fortunately this naivete was not carried through
- >into the AXP operating system, where EDT is still the default editor!
- >
-
- That's because OpenVMS AXP V1.0 is based on VAX/VMS V5.4-2 with
- V5.4-3 bug fixes when EDT was the default editor. Just wait until
- OpenVMS AXP catches up with the VAX version. By then they will
- both be sporting the same version number, so just wait until OpenVMS
- AXP V6.0! The horror will visit you there.
-
-
- In article <23DEC199208361368@spades.aces.com> gavron@ACES.COM continues:
- ># Anyway, here's someone's question I couldn't answer after spending
- ># lots of time with the DOC CD-ROM.
- >
- >Read online help.
- >
- ># Is there a system service or Run-Time Library routine that returns the
- ># amount of blocks allocated to a file?
- ^^^^
- >
- >Yes. Both. I'm sure you just skipped it on your DOC CD-ROM,
- > HELP SYSTEM $GETDVI
- > HELP RTL LIB$ LIB$GETDVI
- >
- >Big Hint: ALQ.
- >
- >#I hope the answer doesn't involve reading the directory file format manulally
- >
- >It doesn't involve reading the directory manually.
- >It involves reading the manual directly.
- >
- ># Vance Haemmerle vance@vips.lpl.arizona.edu
- >
- >Ehud
- >
-
- Moral: Read the question directly. The question was for a FILE, not
- a DEVICE. Ehud did catch this misreading later and forwarded
- an answer in e-mail. Thanks to all who helped.
-
- (The question was for a unix person learning VMS who I
- thought could be shielded from RMS. Guess not. :-)
-
- --
- Vance Haemmerle vance@vips.lpl.arizona.edu
- Support Systems Analyst, Senior vance%toyvax@arizona.edu
- Lunar & Planetary Lab
- University of Arizona * Look before you flame *
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