Re: jgit standalone client on OpenVMS works (somewhat)

[Ben Armstrong <BArmstrong@dymaxion.ca>]

Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> Not sure what to say here.. cool. I never even thought of VMS as a Java platform.
>

Apparently HP is working on (or has already produced -- I haven't yet
checked) Java 6 for VMS/Itanium, but since we're still on VMS/Alpha,
we have to make do with Java 5.  I don't think they have any plans for
Java 6 for this platform.

> After googling a little, I think you got JAVA$FILENAME_CONTROLS wrong.
> 8 is for basic unix filenames. But you also need %x00200000 (or possibly
> %x00100000) as well. See
> http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/documentation/1.5.0/ivms/docs/user_guide.html#unix_style
>
> That's my guess....  I wouldn't dare to tell you how to get the exact syntax right, My VMS skillz are not what they once were.
>

Great tip.  Yes, using -1 fixes the tag problem:

A:BG.WORK> dir [.egit._git.refs.tags]

Directory DSA0:[BG.WORK.egit._git.refs.tags]

v0.2;1              v0_1.1;1            v0_2.1;1            v0_2.2;1
       v0_2_99.200709172321;1                  v0_3.0;1
v0_3.1;1          v0_4.0;1
This has also turned dots in filenames into underscores.  Hmm.  I'll
file this away for whenever I return to this project.  It's certainly
easier on the eyes than "^.", but I don't know if it has negative
repercussions for other applications.  I'll have to review the doc and
choose carefully the options that we want to use.

> Come to think of it, the first VMS machine I used was named "Linus", named
> after a widely known character (in a comic strip called Snoopy). </anecdotes>
>

:)

Thanks,
Ben