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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
- Subject: Re: Directory Fun...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.233945.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <01GT7CAARXS291Y33A@LAGUNA.EPCC.EDU> <73059@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:39:45 GMT
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- In article <73059@cup.portal.com>, Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com writes:
- >
- > Here's a more detailed update on my experiments with patching the "TYPE"
- > field of the first entry in a .DIR file (directory), on my VMS V5.4-3
- > system. Jerry, Carl, I'll bet you'll both have a field day with this!
- >
- > I find that the undocumented DUMP/DIR command recognizes three different
- > values in the TYPE field, in the sense that it displays a different keyword
- > when I patch each of the three values into the field, and "*UNKNOWN*"
- > otherwise:
- >
- > TYPE field DUMP/DIR
- > value "TYPE" keyword
- >
- > 0 FID
- > 1 LINKNAME
-
- Use this one to point at a logical name. You may need to patch in the ASCII the
- hard way, Oh, and don't forget its the XQP that you are realy playing with.
- Don't be supprised if the fat owl drops by. :-)
-
- ~Paul
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