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From: MHJohnson@HI-MULTICS.ARPA (Mark Johnson)
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Subject: Rooted Directory Problem
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 19:01:00 EST
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  I have been having a problem with rooted directories that I should let
you know about.  The command sequence:
  $ SET DEFAULT XXX:[000000]
  $ CREATE/DIR [.MYDIR]

does not create the directory XXX:[MYDIR]!  It creates two directories,
the first is XXX:[000000] & the second is XXX:[000000.MYDIR].

I believe there is a problem with RMS & accessing the (non-existant)
file XXX:[000000]000000.DIR.  I believe that RMS should be able to
detect accesses to that file & give you the file-id and contents of the
real root directory (eg.  DUA0:[000000]XXX.DIR).  I have submitted it to
DEC as a problem & their response boils down to "It works the way we
designed it, we'll fix the documentation to clarify how it really
works".

Needless to say, I am a little bit pissed off at DEC.  What good are
rooted directories if they do not act the same as the true top level
directory of a disk?  If you feel the same way I do, please let DEC know
about it (through DSIN or an SPR) & perhaps this could be fixed in a
future release of VMS.

  --Mark <MHJohnson @ HI-MULTICS>