Last-modified: 29th. December, 2000

Changes since last edition

This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) posting for the comp.os.vms and vmsnet.misc newsgroups. (comp.os.vms is bidirectionally-gatewayed to the INFO-VAX mailing list - see INTRO3 for further details.) It contains answers to frequently asked questions about Compaq's OpenVMS operating system and the computer systems on which it runs. (Please see INTRO5 before posting.)

Other internet FAQs are generally available in these locations: 

        comp.answers and news.answers newsgroups
        ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/...

User-created HTML versions of the OpenVMS FAQ are located at: 

        http://www.kjsl.com/vmsfaq
        http://eisner.decus.org/vms/faq.htm

This FAQ is archived in the following locations: 

    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.os.vms/
    comp.answers and news.answers newsgroups

Please do NOT send technical questions to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) editor - well, please do not email any questions that do not also include the answer(s). Please post these questions to the appropriate newsgroup instead - and see INTRO5 before posting. To make suggestions for changes or additions to this FAQ list, please send mail to the FAQ editor at hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.com.
Again, the FAQ editor is not in a position to answer general questions.

Some general notes:

The term VMS is synonymous with OpenVMS. Alpha, AlphaGeneration or AXP generally refers to any system or product based on or related to Compaq's Alpha processor architecture. OpenVMS manual names mentioned are those as of V7.2 - names may be different in other editions of the documentation set.

World-Wide Web Universal Resource Locator (URL) notation is used for FTP addresses.

Many people have contributed to this list, directly or indirectly. In some cases, an answer has been adapted from one or more postings on the comp.os.vms. Our thanks to all of those who post answers. The name (or names) at the end of an entry indicate that the information was taken from postings by those individuals; the text may have been edited for this FAQ. These citations are only given to acknowledge the contribution.

Although the editor of this FAQ is an employee of Compaq Computer Corporation, this posting is not an official statement of Compaq.

AlphaGeneration, AlphaServer, AlphaStation, Alpha AXP, AXP, DEC, DECstation, DECsystem, OpenVMS, ULTRIX, VAX and VMS are trademarks of Compaq Computer Corporation. Compaq and the names of Compaq products are trademarks and/or registered trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer Corporation.
OSF/1 is a registered trademark of the Open Software Foundation.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. Other names are properties of their respective owners.


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