[HECnet] OpenVMS Backup

[Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-]

G. <gerry77 at mail.com> writes:

On Wed, 22 May 2013 12:12:36, h vlems wrote:

LD is your friend..=20

But that would mean using BACKUP/IMAGE to the LD device which maintain a
container or backing store file on the disk.   Access to it would not work
as a subdirectory tree as the OP's first post indicates.


Yeah! I really didn't think about it. Maybe that's the best solution. It =
all
depends on what the OP means by "archiving". If he wants files readily
accessible anywhere by anyone (e.g. via browser), the LD solution would =
be
very nice, otherwise /IMAGE would be the best, I think. Mine was a =
trick...

But /IMAGE will restrict you to a device or 'save set' file.

Why are the timestamps so important? ...and which timestamps?

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