Re: V7: VMS or UNIX ?

In article <4si5np$6tn_at_atlas.aethos.co.uk> steve_at_aethos.demon.co.uk (Steve Holdoway) writes:
>Jon-Theodosiou_at_psion.com (Jonathan Theodosiou) wrote:
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>>think there is that much difference. There is one thing though: in
>>Unix you change directory using cd nextdirectorydown. In VMS this
>>translates to:
>>set def [HIGHLEVELDIR.THISDIRECTORY.NEXTDIRECTORYDOWN]

Try set def [.NEXTDIRECTORYDOWN]

What I miss is cd nex* (or whatever is unambiguous).

jg

>>WHY? What is a def anyway?
>There's a lot to be said for ending up using the shortened versions of
>commands after you find out what the complete one is, isn't there.
>
>set def = set default
>that's the default directory that you're in.
>
>Steve.
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