Re: [OpenVMS Alpha V8.3] SET FILE/SYMLINK ?

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:11:02 -0700, John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <sNHuvgeIbfFI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kilgallen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Larry Kilgallen) writes:
In article <462dc799$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) writes:

But, for me it seems, the HELP sounds good and DCL has a missing feature.
Correct?

I disagree. A SYMLINK is not an attribute of a file, it is a whole
new thing that points to a file.

A symlink does not have to point to a file, like a logical name, it can contain
any arbitrary string.

If not a file, then what? Do you have any interesting examples? Could it be
a directory? Where in the 8.3 docs is it described?

When passed as a filename, the operating system will attempt to treat the
target as a filename.

And while the container for a symbolic link may be a file, there is nothing in
the X/Open specification that requires this.

I would recommend that anyone using symbolic links make sure that they are
using only the documented APIs, as the internal implementatin may change.

-John
wb8tyw@xxxxxxxxxxx
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