At 3:23 PM -0700 10/5/99, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>You are mistaking HFS directories for MPE groups and accounts.  Although
>the classic accounting structure (MPE) is now a subset of HFS (Posix), they
>are not entirely interchangeable.  For example, the file CI.PUB.SYS (MPE
>syntax) can also be referred to as /SYS/PUB/CI (Posix). However, the
>reverse is not true. There may be a /tmp directory, but that doesn't mean
>there's a "tmp" account in the MPE sense.


If the original poster, or anyone else is interested, there is a fairly
decent tutorial on the new (well, not so new anymore!) Posix features in
the MPE file system:

  :xeq posixcbt.lsn.sys

Have fun!


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