Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: VMS: Does a 'make' equivalent exist?? Message-ID: <6677@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 1-May-85 20:28:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.6677 Posted: Wed May 1 20:28:14 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 3-May-85 02:48:10 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 16 From: Mark Johnson Well, DEC does have a product called MMS which does a lot of the same work that make does under Unix. The format of the files are the same (you can even name it makefile...) but you will have to use VMS style file names instead of Unix style names. We have it along with CMS (the SCCS alike) and both do a pretty good job. Both cost $$s. About refering to the parent directory, use leading `-' signs in the directory name to go up the tree. For example, [-] is the parent directory, and [--.over.there] is up two levels & over there.... In the V4 manual set, the DCL Dictionary (chapter 3) goes into detail about how filenames work. The `-' convention is on page DCL-46 in with the stuff about specifying wildcard characters. --Mark