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From: davidf@mks.com (David J. Fiander)
Subject: Re: Platform portable support of heir. file systems
Date: 1996/12/23
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Date: 1996-12-23T00:00:00+00:00
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kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) writes:

> In general (VMS Posix, MVS Open Edition) the full Posix user has a
> separate little universe for storing and retrieving files, but does
> _not_ have the ability to access other files stored according to the
> traditions of the operating system in this fashion.  There may be
> special utilities to do so, but they are not at all standard between
> manufacturers.

In particular, OpenEdition MVS has been branded by the X/Open
group as Unix.  It passes all the tests associated with
demostrating conformance to the Single Unix Specification.

Oh yeah, and OS/390 Unix also allows any application (OS/390 or
POSIX) to access the files in the "other" filesystem relatively
simply.

- David, who's spent more time in Poughkeepsie than he'd prefer