Files-11 - Revision history

Dan Tobias at 04:56, 24 July 2019

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'''Files-11''' is a file system used in the RSX-11 and OpenVMS (which, despite its name, is closed-source) operating systems for DEC computers. It takes after some other DEC file systems, such as that of [[TOPS-20]], but is more sophisticated.

Files-11 supports a hierarchical directory structure, using a syntax very different from the better-known [[Unix]] style using slashes (or the DOS/Windows one using backslashes). Dots, colons, and square brackets are all part of the means of expressing the devices, accounts, and subdirectories leading to a file. File versioning is also supported with a colon followed by a number at the end of the name.

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Files-11|Wikipedia article]]
* [https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/1961/on-disk-structures-for-files-11-format-rsx11 On-disk structures for Files-11 format (RSX11)] (forum post with some relevant links)

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 '''Files-11''' is a file system used in the RSX-11 and OpenVMS (which, despite its name, is closed-source) operating systems for DEC computers. It takes after some other DEC file systems, such as that of [[TOPS-20]], but is more sophisticated.
-Files-11 supports a hierarchical directory structure, using a syntax very different from the better-known [[Unix]] style using slashes (or the DOS/Windows one using backslashes). Dots, colons, and square brackets are all part of the means of expressing the devices, accounts, and subdirectories leading to a file. File versioning is also supported with a colon followed by a number at the end of the name.
+Files-11 supports a hierarchical directory structure, using a syntax very different from the better-known [[Unix]] style using slashes (or the DOS/Windows one using backslashes). Dots, colons, and square brackets are all part of the means of expressing the devices, accounts, and subdirectories leading to a file. File versioning is also supported with a semicolon followed by a number at the end of the name.
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