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HP SYSTEM DICTIONARY XL SDMAIN

RENAME SCOPE 

Renames a scope.

Syntax 

     REN[AME] S[COPE]  old-scope-name 
                      ,new-scope-name 
            [;P[ASSWORD] = [password-parameter]]
             .

Parameters 

old-scope-name        Name of the scope to be renamed.

new-scope-name        New name of the scope.

password-parameter    Password of the scope being renamed.

                      The dictionary administrator (DA) scope can rename
                      a scope without providing its password.

Description 

To avoid possible name conflicts with any future extensions to the core
set, do not rename any scopes to a name starting with the characters "HP"
.

Open Mode:       Exclusive-update

Scope:           DA scope or the scope's owner scope

Example 

The following example renames the scope marketing to the new name
support.

     >RENAME SCOPE marketing, support; 
     >>PASSWORD = mgr. 
     >

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