On Thu, 20 May 2010 16:38:49 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: >> >> [...]. Most of those other OSes have directories (i-nodes; whatever) >>where such timestamp information is kept. >> >I don't regard it as a defect at all. The Operating System doesn't need >this date information to function properly; why clutter things up with >info that's not needed? Most applications also don't need it; it's only >a convenience for us humans. > And until you explained this, I had believed that the Operating System as a whole existed as a convenience for us humans; not, as you appear to believe, merely to satisfy its own needs.
As for "clutter", better to do such things consistently, in DFSMS for example, rather than haphazardly in ISPF, NFS server, and whatever other services feel obliged to simulate ISPF's facility. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
