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November 1996, Week 1

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Mark Klein <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Klein <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:24:35 PDT
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Ken Sletten, Gary Jackson and SS:

>>>I'd like to suggest something that people might want to vote for, and
>>>allocate "HP money" on, in the "OTHER" category:
>>>
>>>   Allow SYS as synonym for MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET in all
>>>   commands and utilties.
>>>
>>>Me?  I'd rate it "1", and spend $30 on it.

>This is one of those items where you have to believe that
>the person(s) that came up with and implemented the design
>never had to manage a 3000 in the real world.  We have
>three volume sets on our 959:  USER, BACKUP, and that other
>< !@#$%^&*+ long name >.

<plug alert>

Hey Stan (and others) - we listened the first time! Backup+ uses (and
has used for quite awhile) "$SYS" as a synonym for (to quote Ken)
"...that other < !@#$%^&*+ long name >." Note we chose $SYS to
differentiate it from a real volumeset that might be called SYS.

</plug alert>

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