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Re: "TCPIP DIR" of ODS5 shares brings "TCPIP-E-INVPATH" msg

 
Andreas Kaempfe
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"TCPIP DIR" of ODS5 shares brings "TCPIP-E-INVPATH" msg

Under OpenVMS TCPIP the "DIRECTORY" command brings an error message for ODS5 exports. ODS2 exports are OK. I checked it from OpenVMS 7.3-2 up to V8.3. Same attitude on these versions. Do I missed any important information to export these directories or is it a general problem?
Any hints and tips are welcome.
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John Gillings
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Re: "TCPIP DIR" of ODS5 shares brings "TCPIP-E-INVPATH" msg

Andreas,

What are your process settings for parse style and case? (HELP SET PROC/PARSE & /CASE). Although both your the mount point and the command are in upper case, there may be some case conversions going on.

Perhaps try defining everything in lower case and see if that makes a difference?
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Andreas Kaempfe
Occasional Advisor

Re: "TCPIP DIR" of ODS5 shares brings "TCPIP-E-INVPATH" msg

Hi John! First of all I forgot that this problem belongs to TCPIP NFS.
I switched between parse style "EXTENDED" and "TRADITIONAL" but the messages are the same. To "rename" the exports in lowercase had no success, too. I tried also to add the export with "/options=case_sensitive". No way to get the directory of that NFS ODS5 share! Any ideas??
H_Bachner
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Re: "TCPIP DIR" of ODS5 shares brings "TCPIP-E-INVPATH" msg

I know this reply comes late, but maybe it's still useful.

In my experience (with OpenVMS V7.3-2 and TCP/IP Services V5.4 ECO 5), if you export a directory other than the root directory on a mapped device with ODS-5, you must use /OPTION=TYPELESS to make it work.

Hans.