Re: recursive copy in VMS

On 5 Dec 2006 08:18:55 -0600, koehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Bob Koehler) wrote:



I think that's exactly what he wants. He's satisfied that he won't
lose his Mac's disk and his VMS system's disk at the same time, just
like I'm satisfied that I won't lose my VMS systems' disks and their
tape backups at the same time.

So then, what happens if:

1. he copies file X to the VMS system.
2. Along the way it gets deleted.
3. The VMS disk fails and is restored from backup.
4. He finds that he needs file X
.

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