Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!ACRUX.USC.EDU!ASBED From: ASBED@ACRUX.USC.EDU (Liquid Len) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: set file/enter Message-ID: Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 18:58:41 EDT Article-I.D.: Posted: Fri Jun 26 18:58:41 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Jun-87 01:04:14 EDT Sender: uucp@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 19 One reason you have to be very careful about using this command is that you end up with many pointers to the same file, and someone other than you (or even you) may forget their existence, and delete one by mistake. This causes all the others to point to a nonexistent file. If this file is important to booting (like sysboot.exe) and you do a VMSINSTALL with the purge option, your system may be rendered unbootable (this has happened to me). Also, unless you specify the /EXCLUDE switch on pointers to directories, while backing up files and such, you will end up backing up duplicate structures. I'm sure there are other problems... anyone? _________________________________________________________________________ Asbed Bedrossian, University Computing Services, U of Southern California ARPA: asbed@oberon.usc.edu BITNET: asbed@uscvaxq UUCP: {sdcrdcf, cit-vax}!oberon!asbed PHONE: (213) 743-4266 -------