the following should work (dot added immed after the bar) VOLUME:[foo.bar.][baz.biff]file.wif $ DIR USRDISK:[USR.LDB.][SRC.RAMDRIVE] USRDISK:[USR.LDB.][SRC.RAMDRIVE]INITVD.MAR;1 .... .... $ DIR USRDISK:[USR.LDB][SRC.RAMDRIVE] %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening USRDISK:[USR.LDB][SRC.RAMDRIVE] as input -RMS-F-SYN, file specification syntax error -----Original Message----- From: Michael G Schwern [mailto:schwern@pobox.com] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:54 PM To: vmsperl@perl.org Subject: VOL:[foo.bar][baz.biff]file.tmp doesn't happen to work, does it? Just out of curiousity and desperate hope, this: VOLUME:[foo.bar][baz.biff]file.wif wouldn't happen to be equivalent to this: VOLUME:[foo.bar.baz.biff]file.wif ? -- Michael G. Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <perl-qa@perl.org> Kwalitee Is Job One Please Captain, not in front of the Klingons.Thread Previous | Thread Next