ACCESS /extension

2007-06-28 Thread Ian S. Worthington
The CMS ACCESS command, takes a /extension argument for making a disk a read-only extension of another. I've never understood this, and have only used it when I wish to make a disk r/o. I certainly does not work for making a disk appear elsewhere in the CMS search order, which is what I would

Re: ACCESS /extension

2007-06-28 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 6/28/07, Ian S. Worthington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never understood this, and have only used it when I wish to make a disk r/o. I certainly does not work for making a disk appear elsewhere in the CMS search order, which is what I would really like it to do (when I have to squeeze a

Re: ACCESS /extension

2007-06-28 Thread Ian S. Worthington
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: ACCESS /extension On 6/28/07, Ian S. Worthington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never understood this, and have only used it when I wish to make a disk r/o. I certainly does not work for making a disk appear elsewhere in the CMS search order, which

Re: ACCESS /extension

2007-06-28 Thread Ray Mansell
When CMS is searching for something executable, it does not search extensions before intervening disks. However, you could EXECLOAD your exec - that will find it according to the extension rules. Not maximally convenient, I know... Ray Mansell Ian S. Worthington wrote: Hmmm. That's what

Re: ACCESS /extension

2007-06-28 Thread Mike Walter
/servlet/pbi.wss?CTY=US http://www.vm.ibm.com/library/ http://www.vm.ibm.com/pubs/redbooks/ To answer your question about the access extension and search order more directly, read: z/VM: CMS User's Guide (SC24-6137), Chapter 5, How File Mode Letters Are Used (which explains extensions