Copying directory trees under VMS.

From: Greg Linder <fluke_at_mcs.net>
Date: Sat Mar 11 00:31:03 2000

        I have recently found the time to start playing with my VAXen
again, and have been struck by a bit of a confusing dilemma:

        Why is it that when I attempt to copy a large tree from any place
to another under VMS 7.2, it always copies as follows:

        This command:
        backup dub3:[000000...]*.*;* dub2:

        causes vms to copy a directory structure that looks like this:

        [000000.000TOOLS.AXP]file1...file2...etc
        [000000.000TOOLS.VAX]file3...file4...etc

        to this:

        [000000.000TOOLS] (empty)
        [000000.AXP]file1...file2...etc
        [000000.VAX]file3...file4...etc

        How do I get it to copy the whole *tree* in a directory or on a
disk to a whole other part of the system? I tried reading the help
available on copy and backup, but I haven't been able to figure out how to
copy a whole tree from one place to another.


        Thanks for your help!


                Greg Linder
                fluke_at_mcs.net
Received on Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:31:03 GMT