HP 3000 Manuals

DICTIONARY 3000

>ALTER OUTPUT 

Changes the output file that the PASCAL data declarations will be written
to.

Prompts 

The following prompt is issued when the command-subcommand ALTER OUTPUT
is entered:

     SOURCE OUTPUT FILE (current output file)>

SOURCE OUTPUT FILE        Enter the name of the file to redirect output
(current output file)>    to.  This output includes the data declarations
                          generated by DICTPDE and, if specified, the
                          string constants generated for the entity
                          names.  DICTPDE displays the current output
                          file as (current output file).  (current output 
                          file) will be DICTOUT unless specified
                          otherwise by an earlier ALTER OUTPUT
                          command-subcommand or an MPE file equation used
                          to redirect DICTOUT.

                          Output may be directed to a new or existing
                          disc file (ASCII, fixed file of 80 bytes) or to
                          the terminal.  If the specified file is a new
                          file, DICTPDE will build the file for you.  If
                          the specified file already exists, DICTPDE will
                          issue a warning message and append the
                          generated source code to the existing contents
                          of the specified file.  To direct this output
                          to the terminal, enter $STDLIST in response to
                          this prompt.

                          Pressing [[RETURN]] in response to this prompt
                          indicates that the output file does not change.
                          This means that if no previous output file had
                          been specified by an ALTER OUTPUT command, then
                          the output file would still be DICTOUT. If a
                          file had been specified by a previous ALTER
                          OUTPUT command, that file would remain the
                          output file.

Discussion 

ALTER OUTPUT allows you to change the output file to a specified disc
file or to the terminal without using an MPE file equation to redirect
DICTOUT. (The file equation is used before running DICTPDE.) DICTPDE also
allows you to alternate the output files while running DICTPDE. For
instance, VAR declarations could be generated and written to one output
file and TYPE declarations could be generated and written to a different
file.  Then all VAR declarations would be kept in one file and all TYPE
declarations would be kept in a different file.  (See the ALTER KIND
command-subcommand for alternating the kinds of declarations generated.)

Example 

     >alter output
     SOURCE OUTPUT FILE (DICTOUT)> pasout.pub.howe

The output file is changed fromDICTOUT toPASOUT.PUB.HOWE. Any subsequent
code generated will be written toPASOUT.PUB.HOWE until a newALTER OUTPUT
command-subcommand is used.

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