Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:8814 comp.unix.wizards:11257 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!ucsdhub!jack!elgar!crash!jeh From: jeh@crash.cts.com (Jamie Hanrahan) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: VMS vs. UNIX file system Summary: please, no "no wars" messages Keywords: RMS, file system, stream files Message-ID: <3453@crash.cts.com> Date: 19 Sep 88 21:38:15 GMT References: <411@marob.MASA.COM> <178@arnold.UUCP> <3442@crash.cts.com> <13608@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: jeh@crash.CTS.COM (Jamie Hanrahan) Distribution: na Organization: CMKRNL Press, San Diego, CA Lines: 10 No, this isn't a followup rebuttal, even though I've been beat up pretty badly re. my statement about "record separators" (okay, okay, "line separators") in Unix files. I said my piece already, right? But I was annoyed to see someone say "Please, don't start another Unix vs. VMS war". I don't think this is a "war" at all. I think I've learned a bit about the right way to think about Unix files, knowledge which will no doubt come in handy some day, probably sooner than I think it will (if past experience is any guide). Maybe some other folks have learned something about VMS files too. Isn't this what the net is about? (But if someone says "Please don't let this get out of hand", I'll second.)