Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!rutgers!labrea!decwrl!pyramid!voder!blia!ted From: ted@blia.BLI.COM (Ted Marshall) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Finding files with multiple directory entries (was Re: Finger) Message-ID: <3218@blia.BLI.COM> Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 12:12:27 EDT Article-I.D.: blia.3218 Posted: Fri Sep 4 12:12:27 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 20:58:12 EDT References: <8709010842.AA15247@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: Britton Lee, Los Gatos, CA Lines: 24 Summary: Use ANAL/DISK In article <8709010842.AA15247@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, EVERHART%ARISIA@rca.COM ("GLENN EVERHART, 609 486 6328") writes: > ... A nifty utility for system managers would > be something that would allow you to go thru a disk and at least > IDENTIFY which files were aliases of each other... You can get this information currently using ANALYSE/DISK. If you have stand-alone backup installed on your system disk (in an alt root) and do ANALYSE/DISK on it, you may notice an interesting phenomenon (as I did). A few files will be reported as having incorrect directory back-links. If you have ANALYSE (actually VERIFY) repair these, you will get these errors on a different set of files. By doing multiple repairs, you will alternate between the two sets of files. These files are the files that are shared between your main SYS$SYSTEM directory and your SAB root. This does not actually tell you specifically which directory entries are connected to the same file. However, you do get a list of directory entries that are sharing files on the disk and it's a small step to then match up FIDs. -- Ted Marshall ...!ucbvax!mtxinu!blia!ted mtxinu!blia!ted@Berkeley.EDU Britton Lee, Inc., 14600 Winchester Blvd, Los Gatos, Ca 95030 (408)378-7000 The opinions expressed above are those of the poster and not his employer.