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From: mst@csun.UUCP (Mike Temkin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: file sharing (was multi-access)
Keywords: much thanks
Message-ID: <1414@csun.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 88 15:18:20 GMT
Organization: CSU, Northridge Computer Center
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A while ago I posted a question asking about opening a file so that
more than one person could read it at a time.  What I received was
a steady flow of answers from many helpful people.  For those of you
that don't know the answer to my question, I have learned the following:

	1.  RMS handles opening files for 'shared' mode.
	2.  Languages have in corporated this into their 
		'open' calls (well, most of them anyway,
		no blanket statements from me. :-)).

I'd like to thank all of you that responded.  I only have a small 
set of VMS manuals, and after looking over some of them I came to the
conclusion (incorrectly, I may add) that it was a 'SET FILE' qualifer.
And not finding anything in the DCL manual for SET FILE asked my question
here.  I received many helpful messages and one blatently nasty 'RTFM'
message.  With less than 1 year experience with this system I hope to
eventually learn enough to help someone else in return.


Thanks.
-- 
Mike Temkin
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Cal. State U. Northridge, School of Engineering and Computer Science