File specification regularity (Was: Re: VMS vs. UNIX file system)

[Lehtim{ki Erkki]

In article <206 at arnold.UUCP> dave at arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold) writes:
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>SYS$SYSROOT[UTILS.ANUNEWS.SRC.NEWS_SRC]NEWSADD.OBJ;1
>P.S.  Did I make a syntax error somewhere?

Yeah, you did.

SYS$SYSROOT:[UTILS.ANUNEWS.SRC.NEWS_SRC]NEWSADD.OBJ;1

is correct one.
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