Re: Directory Version Limit
Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 9:21 am
Uwe,
did you note the version number of the new OPEATOR.LOG file in your most recent test: OPERATOR-ADEV01.LOG;1
As David has explained, the version limit of a file is stored in it's directory entry and NOT in the file header. And so ALL files with the SAME NAME and TYPE have the SAME version limit.
So using '-' instead of '_' in your test has created a NEW file and not a NEW VERSION of an existing file. And so that new file has inherited the default version limit specified in the directory file.
And the solution to your problem has NOTHING to do with the OpenVMS version, but with the mechanisms of inheriting the version limit from a directory default version limit. Only NEW FILES and NOT new versions of files inherit the default version limit.
Volker.
did you note the version number of the new OPEATOR.LOG file in your most recent test: OPERATOR-ADEV01.LOG;1
As David has explained, the version limit of a file is stored in it's directory entry and NOT in the file header. And so ALL files with the SAME NAME and TYPE have the SAME version limit.
So using '-' instead of '_' in your test has created a NEW file and not a NEW VERSION of an existing file. And so that new file has inherited the default version limit specified in the directory file.
And the solution to your problem has NOTHING to do with the OpenVMS version, but with the mechanisms of inheriting the version limit from a directory default version limit. Only NEW FILES and NOT new versions of files inherit the default version limit.
Volker.