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