New subject: VMS fun, stand backup?

26 Apr 2000

...
 And one other question which I've not found or
figured out myself... How do
I get a directory listing of *just the subdirectories*? I've figured out
how to search for a particular filename or extension recursively thru the
subdirectories, but what's the VMS equivalent to DOS's dir /ad or linux's
ls -lAF|grep '/$' ??? 
If you want to see the names of the directories, do

  DIR *.DIR

Note that it's possible for a "regular" file to have a .DIR extension;
if you want to tell the difference do a DIR/FULL one it and look to see if the
"is a directory" attribute is on.

If you want to see what's in the subdirectories, do

  DIR [.*]

If you want to see what's in the subdirectories, and the directories below
them, usw., do

  DIR [...]

(The above gives you what's in your current directory too.  Do a

  DIR [.*...]

to see only what's below.)

See, isn't that sweet?  No funny flags to pass, nicely useful wildcarding,
both signs of a truly CUSPy utility.

Tim.

Of course... a few more VMS questions... ;-)