[HECnet] simh vax version

[Bill Cunningham]

On 11/16/2019 3:40 AM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
> On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11:06 AM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> [...]
>> sim> att tq -f ansi-vms vmst /* the license file */
>>
>> Can't open: //mst - no such file or directory.
>>
>> Can't open tape image.
> If you look at the very explicit instructions I originally outlined, you really didn't follow them.
> The HELP TQ ATTACH provides several examples of situations that would work.
>
> Meanwhile you typed:
>
>> sim> att tq -f ansi-vms vmst /* the license file */
> In this command EVERYTHING beyond the ansi-vms token is considered a list of space or comma delimited file names, or wildcard file names.
>
> In this example, this list would be:
> 	vmst
> 	Everything in the / directory
> 	the
> 	license
> 	file
> 	Everything in the current directory
> 	The / directory file itself.
>
> The auto tape assembly process that is implemented by this command might treat directory files as binary data, I'm not sure, but trying to pass the / directory and any directories in it as files on a tape is likely a meaningless operation.
>
> Possibly only one of these would be valid (vmst).
Nothing was typed after vmst. The C style comment was a note.
>> Of course there might be something I am forgetting and not doing here.
>>
>> I also type at the prompt in all caps, same result. For example,
>>
>> ATT -F ANSI-VMS  VMST
> You are working on a Linux system which has case sensitive file names, so there is a distinct difference between vmst and VMST.  This command is missing the device name TQ as well...
>
> The simh commands and many of their arguments (ansi-vms and -f) are case insensitive, but filenames are whatever the host system supports.
>
> In the latest commit, I've enriched the error messages issued when unrecognized arguments/files are presented to a tape attach.
>
> - Mark


I will send this. This looks to me like it isn't showing what we want to 
see. Meanwhile I will download the latest commit and try again. And a 
new license copy and not rename it.

Bill


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