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From: terrell@musky2.MUSKINGUM.EDU (Roger Terrell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Multiple-access files in VMS?
Summary: Use an option to the OPEN procedure in your language.
Keywords: Multi-access files
Message-ID: <122@musky2.MUSKINGUM.EDU>
Date: 28 Jul 88 16:06:58 GMT
References: <1391@csun.UUCP>
Reply-To: terrell@musky2.UUCP (Roger Terrell)
Organization: Muskingum College, New Concord, OH
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In article <1391@csun.UUCP> mst@csun.UUCP (Mike Temkin) writes:
>Does anyone out there know how to make a file multi-accessible (readwise)
>in VMS?  There must be a way since I would think that the help file is
>that way.  Any help is appreciated.

>Mike Temkin


To make a file readable (or writeable) by multiple users, just use an
option to the OPEN procedure of whatever language you are using.

An example from VAX Pascal:

  OPEN (InputFile, 'INPUT-FILE.TXT', 
        HISTORY := READONLY,
        SHARING := READONLY);

The statement would be similar in other languages.

--Roger

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Roger Terrell
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