hi guys...I need a script to convert vms directory path to unix equivalent Eg:- convert dka0:[a.b.c]temp.txt to /dka0/a/b/c/temp.txt thx

How about this.......quick and dirty $ file = f$search("login.com") $ device = f$parse(file,,,"device") - ":" $ directory = f$parse(file,,,"directory") - "<"-"["-">"-"]" $ num = 0 $ unixdir = "" $next_subdir: $ subdir = f$element(num,".",directory) $ if subdir .nes. "." $ then $ unixdir = unixdir + "/" + subdir $ num = num + 1 $ goto next_subdir $ endif $ filename = f$parse(file,,,"name") $ filetype = f$parse(file,,,"type") $ unix_file_name = device+unixdir+"/"+filename+filetype $ show sym unix_file_name regards, Hakan Zanderau HA-solutions

thx for the script

HakZans procedure covers most, but not all cases: try it e.g. with [-.otherdir]file.typ . If You have Perl installed, the following procedure may be of value: <http://wwwvms.mppmu.mpg.de/util_root/com/unixify.com> It makes use of the perl unixify() function in the VMS::Filespec package. Also DECC has a function decc$from_vms, which does the translation. See an example in <http://wwwvms.mppmu.mpg.de/~huber/util/main/vms_to_unic.c>