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From: carl@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
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Subject: Re(2) How to create directory files with RMS ?
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LIB$CREATE_DIR is  also  the  only way to go if you want your operating system to
work  reliably,   since  invalid  directory  formats  have  a  tendency  to  make
ANALYZE/DISK stop before  completion, and under VMS v4.3, if the directory bit is
set  in  the  header  of  a file that has no blocks allocated, then an attempt at
running directory using that file crashes the system, with no privileges required.