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Chapter 1 Introduction As you work with MPE/iX, you may need to retrieve various types of system information. Some questions that you may have are * What are the characteristics of this file? * What UDCs are in effect for this session? * How many users are currently logged on to this system? * Is this process executing properly? * What is the time according to the system clock? * What jobs are in the queue? * What capabilities does this user have? * Where is the console? A variety of commands and intrinsics are available on MPE/iX to help you answer these questions. You can use many commands interactively, or you can utilize commands and intrinsics as part of a programming task. Each chapter of this manual covers the commands and intrinsics that you can use to obtain a particular type of information; for example, file characteristics or process data. Within each chapter, system information functions are grouped by task. That is, if you wish to answer a specific question or obtain a certain type of data, the system functions that you should use for this purpose are described. A table of tasks appears at the beginning of each chapter. It summarizes the types of information that you can obtain and the commands or intrinsics that you can use to obtain this information. The usage of some commands and intrinsics overlaps. For example, there are several ways to retrieve time and date information on the system. This manual describes the recommended method in these cases. This manual introduces the commands and intrinsics that enable you to obtain system information. For detailed information and syntax descriptions, consult the MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90028) and the MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual, Volumes 1 and 2 (32650-90003 and 32650-90364).