Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site warwick.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!warwick!cudcv From: cudcv@daisy.warwick.UUCP (Rob McMahon) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.unix Subject: Re: unix file system Message-ID: <131@daisy.warwick.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 06:25:12 EDT Article-I.D.: daisy.131 Posted: Wed Aug 7 06:25:12 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:05:48 EDT References: <3287@decwrl.UUCP> <4053@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: cudcv@warwick.daisy.UUCP (Rob McMahon) Organization: Computer Unit, Warwick University, UK Lines: 7 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:14385 net.unix:5373 Xpath: warwick daisy daisy ubu >> basic problem with the UNIX file system for FORTRAN. > >You must also rewrite "cat," because I can copy a file by saying cat a >b . It's worse than that - the shell creates `b', and it's got no idea what sort of file to create, maybe the shell should be changed to include a syntax like `>[ASCII,RECORDSIZE=80,ANSICC]b' !