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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Subject: Re: A question and an enhancement request.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.184203.4586@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
- References: <0095DF3E.63BA2E00.8114@swdev.si.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:42:03 GMT
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- In article <0095DF3E.63BA2E00.8114@swdev.si.com>, "Brian Tillman, Smiths Industries, VAX Support, x8425" writes:
- >My enhancement request is that MX open the log files differently, like VMS opens
- >log files, so that one can TYPE the current log file to see what's going on.
- >Riht now, I can see previous versions of the log, but when I try to type the
- >current version, I get:
- >
- >$ typ mx_local_dir:mx_local_*.log
- >%TYPE-W-OPENIN, error opening MX_ROOT:[LOCAL]MX_LOCAL_NODE1.LOG;14 as input
- >-RMS-E-FLK, file currently locked by another user
-
- >It would be nice if MX would take out a different kind of lock on the log files.
-
- It's not a matter of "tak[ing] out a different kind of lock," it's a matter of
- opening the files with SHR=GET.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-