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- Subject: What's Hacking VAX Special - 6
- From: David Lightman (Level 30) [A dude who wanted access]
- To: ALL
- Sent: 3/1/90 at 2:58 pm
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- SET DEFAULT (or... MOVING AROUND A VAX):
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-
- To move around the VAX DCL, in and out of directories, I need
- to tell you about the SET DEFAULT command. It is just like the
- CD command on UNIX and MS-DOS/PC-DOS, except it follows a format.
- The format is "SET DEFAULT [.subdir]" to go down to a sub direc-
- tory and "SET DEFAULT [-]" to go to the parent directory. I will
- explain more involved uses like changing disks, if asked, to keep
- you out of trouble for now. First, I will show by example and
- then explain my example to those out there who lack a brain.
-
- $ DIR (step 1)
- PROGRAM.EXE;2 PROGRAM.EXE;1
- $ CREATE/DIR example (step 2)
- $ DIR (step 3)
- EXAMPLE.DIR;1 PROGRAM.EXE;2 PROGRAM.EXE;1
- $ SET DEFAULT [.example] (step 4)
- $ DIR (step 5)
- no files, animals, vegetables, nor minerals error
- $ SET DEF [-] (step 6)
- $ COPY PROGRAM.EXE;2 [.example] (step 7)
- $ SET DEF [.example] (step 8)
- $ DIR (step 9)
- PROGRAM.EXE;2
- $
-
- Here's what I did...
-
- STEP 1: I asked to see the contents of the current directory.
- I found that I have the program PROGRAM.EXE is the
- 1st and 2st versions in the directory.
-
- STEP 2: I created a directory called "EXAMPLE." This name
- can be anything of course.
-
- STEP 3: I again asked for the contents of the directory. It
- now shows me that I have a "file" called
- "EXAMPLE.DIR;1." That is just the directory. Any-
- thing with an extension of "DIR" will be a directory.
- For more on extensions, see below.
-
- STEP 4: I changed directories by use of the SET DEFAULT
- command. You must always follow this format to
- change into a SUB directory.
-
- STEP 5: I AGAIN (!) looked into the directory. This time, my
- directory was EXAMPLE so I of course saw nothing.
- You will get an error I believe when you try to DIR
- an empty directory.
-
- STEP 6: This command is used to rise up to the parent direc-
- tory. The parent directory contains the filename
- "EXAMPLE.DIR;1," remember? The DEFAULT option can be
- shortened to DEF.
-
- STEP 7: Here I am illustrating how to move programs around a
- little. I just copied the program PROGRAM.EXE;2 into
- the subdirectory EXAMPLE.
-
- STEP 8: See step 3. (a lazy, tired Dave)
-
- STEP 9: I >ONCE MORE< issued the DIR command to reveal the
- contents of the directory. I now find the program
- PROGRAM.EXE;2 in my directory listing of my sub
- directory EXAMPLE.
-
- If you don't understand the basics of moving around a VAX by
- now, push "OFF".
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-
- Enter item#, Scan, Quit, ?=Menu
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