| I found the flow of this chapter OK.
My nits, typos and other observations are below.
NOTE: These are my feelings etc. not of the UK as a whole.
I comment on typos etc on instructor pages as well as customer pages.
Instructors deserve to have unambiguous, correctly spelled and
technically accurate information too! :-)
Surprised that this chapter didn't mention the /ERASE qualifier to the
PURGE and DELETE commands. I feel this is not too advanced for basic
user security.
Page Observation
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1-15 Last line: Process names also appear on SHOW USERS/FULL
command output.
1-28 sub para 1. : simply renaming them will leave them in the
same directory! I know what is meant, just being awkward!
How about "... or renaming them into another
directory..."?
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Instructors will, presumably, make note that Octal 37777 is 16383
decimal and 177777 Octal is 65535 Decimal. Yes, I've been asked what,
in English, these numbers are! (Whatever happened to prerequisites and
knowledge of numbering systems?)
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Callout 4: There is an extra trailer to the directory command output:
Total of 1 file.
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Notes on example: an access code of D will do to delete TRAVEL.DIR
A nit but... the final line is a continued DCL command so should read:
_$ [.TRIPS]*.*;*
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Thank you for including a piece on the /ERASE qualifier, it is
appreciated.
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Nit - the File attributes line in the output wraps to a new line
when done interactively. It doesn't wrap when /OUTPUT= is used!
Directory DISK$USER:[SHONE]
LOGIN.COM;69 File ID: (8627,8,0)
Size: 6/6 Owner: [INSTRUCT,SHONE]
Created: 3-APR-1991 12:45:43.83
Revised: 3-APR-1991 12:45:44.49 (2)
Expires: <None specified>
Backup: 30-APR-1991 17:22:53.20
File organization: Sequential
File attributes: Allocation: 6, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0
No version limit
Record format: Variable length, maximum 101 bytes
Record attributes: Carriage return carriage control
RMS attributes: None
Journaling enabled: None
File protection: System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RE, World:
Access Cntrl List: None
Total of 1 file, 6/6 blocks.
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Bit of English idiosyncrasy. When the next word starts with an aspirate
a, e, h, i, o, u, use "an" not "a". For example 'an hotel',
'an historical'.
Unfortunately, this little rule is flouted more and more these days.
Ask anyone for "a orange" or "a elephant" or "a Olsen" and they'll
think you've just landed!
OK, OK I'm going...
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