In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes: > Mark Bixby said: > > >1) The POSIX shell, utilities, and API should all support > >the new Unix-style file names. > > >2) HPFOPEN should support Unix-style names. > > >3) There doesn't have to be *any* other support on the MPE > >side except for :FILE equates. If you want to use Unix-style > >names from MPE, then you must :FILE first and then > >backreference the :FILE. > > That sounds like the optimum solution to me: Access > from MPE if you want it; no MPE "clutter" if you don't.... Sounds like a real clean approach to me too. And you can't come up with a (workable) solution that would be much easier for HP to implement. -Chris Bartram