Index: core/src/org/netbeans/core/upgrade/CopyUtil.java
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RCS file: /cvs/core/src/org/netbeans/core/upgrade/CopyUtil.java,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -u -r1.12 CopyUtil.java
--- core/src/org/netbeans/core/upgrade/CopyUtil.java	10 Jan 2002 15:22:10 -0000	1.12
+++ core/src/org/netbeans/core/upgrade/CopyUtil.java	28 Feb 2002 13:54:48 -0000
@@ -271,7 +271,11 @@
             } else {
                 subTargetFo =  destFolder.getFileObject(subSourceFo.getNameExt());
                 if (subTargetFo == null) {
-                    subTargetFo = FileUtil.copyFile(subSourceFo, destFolder, subSourceFo.getName(), subSourceFo.getExt());
+                     if ( Utilities.getOperatingSystem () == Utilities.OS_VMS 
+                        && subSourceFo.getNameExt ().equalsIgnoreCase ( "_nbattrs.") ) 
+                        subTargetFo = FileUtil.copyFile(subSourceFo, destFolder, subSourceFo.getNameExt(), subSourceFo.getExt());
+                     else
+                        subTargetFo = FileUtil.copyFile(subSourceFo, destFolder, subSourceFo.getName(), subSourceFo.getExt());
                 }
                 copyAttributes(subSourceFo,subTargetFo);
             }
@@ -314,12 +318,18 @@
                 recursiveCopyWithFilter (subSourceFo, subTargetFo, noCopy, basicTime);
             } else {
                 subTargetFo = dest.getFileObject (subSourceFo.getName (), subSourceFo.getExt ());
+               
                 if (subTargetFo != null) {
                     FileLock lock = subTargetFo.lock ();
                     subTargetFo.delete (lock);
                     lock.releaseLock ();
-                }
-                subTargetFo = FileUtil.copyFile (subSourceFo, dest, subSourceFo.getName ());
+                } 
+                
+                if ( Utilities.getOperatingSystem () == Utilities.OS_VMS 
+                    && subSourceFo.getNameExt ().equalsIgnoreCase ( "_nbattrs.") ) 
+                    subTargetFo = FileUtil.copyFile (subSourceFo, dest, subSourceFo.getNameExt ());
+                else
+                    subTargetFo = FileUtil.copyFile (subSourceFo, dest, subSourceFo.getName ());
                 copyAttributes (subSourceFo, subTargetFo);
             }
         }
Index: openide/src/org/openide/filesystems/DefaultAttributes.java
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/src/org/openide/filesystems/DefaultAttributes.java,v
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -u -r1.53 DefaultAttributes.java
--- openide/src/org/openide/filesystems/DefaultAttributes.java	10 Jan 2002 15:22:20 -0000	1.53
+++ openide/src/org/openide/filesystems/DefaultAttributes.java	28 Feb 2002 13:54:49 -0000
@@ -153,15 +153,16 @@
 
         int size = arr.length;
 
+       
         if (size == 1) {
             // In NB 3.2.x for OpenVMS, we had to use  "_nbattrs." as a attribute file.
             // However, OpenVMS now supports a file name beginning with "."
-            // So we now have to change the existing "_nbattrs." file into ".nbattrs"
+            // So we now have to copy the existing "_nbattrs." file into ".nbattrs"
             //
             if (Utilities.getOperatingSystem () == Utilities.OS_VMS && arr[0] != null && f != null) {
             	if (arr[0].equalsIgnoreCase ("_nbattrs.")) {
                     try {
-                        renameVMSAttrFile (f);
+                        change.delete(f+"/"+arr[0]); // NOI18N
                     } catch (IOException ioe) {}
                     arr[0] = new String (ATTR_NAME_EXT_XML);
             	}
@@ -178,12 +179,16 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
             // In NB 3.2.x for OpenVMS, we had to use  "_nbattrs." as a attribute file.
             // However, OpenVMS now supports a file name beginning with "."
-            // So we now have to change the existing "_nbattrs." file into ".nbattrs"
+            // So we now have to copy the existing "_nbattrs." file into ".nbattrs"
             //
             if (Utilities.getOperatingSystem () == Utilities.OS_VMS && arr[i] != null && f != null) {
             	if (arr[i].equalsIgnoreCase ("_nbattrs.")) {
                     try {
-                        renameVMSAttrFile (f);
+                        File fp = new File (f+"/"+".nbattrs");
+                        if ( ! fp.exists() ) {
+                            cache = null;
+                            copyVMSAttrFile (f);
+                        }
                     } catch (IOException ioe) {}
                     arr[i] = new String (ATTR_NAME_EXT_XML);
             	}
@@ -207,11 +212,12 @@
      *
      *  @param f the folder containg the attribute file
      */
-    private void renameVMSAttrFile (String f) throws IOException {
+    private void copyVMSAttrFile (String f) throws IOException {
         InputStream is = null;
         OutputStream os = null;
         
-        try {    
+        try {
+            
             change.createData (f+"/"+ATTR_NAME_EXT_XML);
             is = info.inputStream (f+"/"+"_nbattrs.");
             os = info.outputStream (f+"/"+ATTR_NAME_EXT_XML);
@@ -223,7 +229,7 @@
             }
            
             is.close ();
-            change.delete (f+"/"+"_nbattrs.");
+            //change.delete (f+"/"+"_nbattrs.");
             is = null;
         } catch (IOException ie) {
         } finally {