From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] Dash options
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 08:56:08 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1711290853530.780@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2MKRgpgiDaG6VtAM=qcuCPf89M-3fRfREQ=SAbC5+SAiw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2017, Clem Cole wrote:
> Hmm, so was dot, which is what TSS and MTS used. DEC was using it as
> the <base>.<ext> separator, but I think Ken could have used it as easily
> at the time since the idea of <ext> and exposing semantics of what the
> file was in the name was foreign to UNIX (although was used in other
> systems as we know).
OS/360's JCL used "." (partitioned datasets?) such as SYS1.WATFIV.blah and
so on.
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-28 13:19 Noel Chiappa
2017-11-28 18:20 ` Clem Cole
2017-11-28 21:56 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
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2017-11-29 14:03 Noel Chiappa
2017-11-29 20:29 ` Charles Anthony
2017-11-29 1:23 Doug McIlroy
2017-11-29 1:37 ` George Michaelson
2017-11-29 2:22 ` Charles Anthony
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2017-11-28 21:30 ` Paul Ruizendaal
2017-11-28 5:51 Jon Steinhart
2017-11-28 6:05 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-28 6:49 ` Andrew Warkentin
2017-11-28 11:18 ` Ralph Corderoy
2017-11-28 11:49 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-11-28 12:46 ` Ralph Corderoy
2017-11-28 18:01 ` Lawrence Stewart
2017-11-28 19:36 ` Paul Winalski
2017-11-28 20:03 ` Clem Cole
2017-11-28 6:28 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-11-29 19:16 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
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2017-12-05 13:22 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-12-07 5:15 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
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