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I wanted to create a symlink on my main VMS system, but couldn't
remember the syntax, so I tried to find it in HELP, without success.
CREATE seemed plausible, but HELP CREATE doesn't mention it:
ITS $ help create
CREATE
The CREATE command performs the following functions:
o Creates a sequential disk file or files (see subtopic "file").
Included under the CREATE subtopic, file, is information on
the following qualifiers: /LOG, /OWNER_UIC, /PROTECTION, and
/VOLUME.
o Creates one or more new directories or subdirectories (see
/DIRECTORY).
o Creates a new, empty data file using the specifications of an
FDL file (see /FDL).
o Creates a virtual mailbox named MBAn and assigns an I/O
channel number to it (see /MAILBOX). (Alpha/Integrity servers
only)
o Creates a new logical name table (see /NAME_TABLE).
o Creates a window that emulates another terminal type (see
/TERMINAL).
Additional information available:
file /DIRECTORY /FDL /MAILBOX /NAME_TABLE /TERMINAL
CREATE Subtopic?
So, /SYMLINK is not one of the basic CREATE qualifiers, like
/DIRECTORY, /FDL, and so on, and it's not one of the qualifiers for
"CREATE file", according to this misinformation:
Included under the CREATE subtopic, file, is information on
the following qualifiers: /LOG, /OWNER_UIC, /PROTECTION, and
/VOLUME.
In fact, "HELP CREATE file" includes information on the following
qualifiers: /LOG, /OWNER_UIC, /PROTECTION, /SYMLINK, and /VOLUME.
But if you don't already know that, then HELP CREATE isn't much help.
I'm confident that I've run into this before, but eventually stumbled
into the desired info. Now I know what led to the stumbling. This
time, eventually, a Web search led to the cause of my bewilderment.
ITS $ tcpip show version
HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Version V5.7 - ECO 5
on an HP rx2600 (1.50GHz/6.0MB) running OpenVMS V8.4-2L3