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Using NS3000/XL Network Services HP AdvanceNet Printed in U.S.A. HP Part No. 36920-61000 Edition 2 Printed Aug 1990 E0890
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Edition 1 October 1989 36920B.00.03 Edition 2 August 1990 36920B.00.05 List of Effective Pages The List of Effective Pages gives the date of the current edition and of any pages changed in updates to that edition. Within the manual, any page changed since the last edition is indicated by printing the date the changes were made on the bottom of the page. Changes are marked with a vertical bar in the margin. If an update is incorporated when an edition is reprinted, these bars are removed but the dates remain. No information is incorporated into a reprinting unless it appears as a prior update. Pages Effective Date All October 1989 All August 1990 Documentation Map The following documentation map is intended to be a general guideline to the manuals containing information related to the product described in this manual. You may need information from one or all the manuals listed here. The arrow points to the manual you are reading.Preface Purpose of This Manual This document is for persons wishing to program or interactively use NS3000/XL network services. NS3000/XL is a part of Hewlett-Packard's AdvanceNet, which is a set of networked data communications and data management products. The network services (NS) enable multi-vendor computer systems (including HP's) to communicate with each other and share resources. Audience This manual is intended for interactive users as well as programmers. In order for you to use NS3000/XL, you should be familiar with some of the more common MPE XL commands and intrinsics. Special Usage: Network File Transfer The Network File Transfer (NFT) described in this manual is for use only between HP 3000's using NS3000/XL. For information on using NFT between an HP 3000 and a different system (VAX, PC, HP 1000, or HP 9000), refer to the NS Cross-System NFT Reference Manual Organization of This Manual The Introduction to this manual presents an overview of NS3000/XL, discussing the architecture of the network and introducing the network services. The remaining chapters provide detailed documentation for individual network services. In general, they give an overview of the particular service, explain all relevant commands and intrinsics, and illustrate these commands and intrinsics with examples. Appendix A describes the differences between NS3000/XL and NS3000/V. Appendix B describes the differences between NS3000/XL and DS/3000. The appendixes also describe migration between the services. Related Publications In addition to this manual, these related publications may be of interest to you: Overview Information * MPE XL Documentation Guide (32650-60043) NS3000/XL * Guide to NS3000/XL Documentation (36923-61001) * NetIPC 3000/XL Programmer's Reference Manual (36920-61005) * NS3000/XL Error Messages Reference Manual (36923-61000) * NS Cross-System NFT Reference Manual (36920-61003) MPE XL Programming * PASCAL/XL Reference Manual (31502-60005) * COBOL II/XL Reference Manual (31500-60001) * FORTRAN 77/XL Reference Manual (31501-60002) * MPE XL Commands Reference Manual (32650-60002) * MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-60013) Trademarks VAX is a U.S. registered trademark of the Digital Equipment Corporation. Conventions NOTATION DESCRIPTION nonitalics Words in syntax statements which are not in italics must be entered exactly as shown. Punctuation characters other than brackets, braces and ellipses must also be entered exactly as shown. For example: EXIT; italics Words in syntax statements which are in italics denote a parameter which must be replaced by a user-supplied variable. For example: CLOSE filename [ ] An element inside brackets in a syntax statement is optional. Several elements stacked inside brackets means the user may select any one or none of these elements. For example: [A] [B] You may select A or B or C or none. [C] { } When several elements are stacked within braces in a syntax statement, the user must select one of those elements. For example: {A} {B} You must select A or B or C. {C} underlining Underlining is used for four different purposes as follows: 1. Brackets, braces or ellipses appearing in syntax or format statements which must be entered as shown will be underlined. For example: LET var[[subscript]] = value 2. An underlined delimiter preceding a parameter in a syntax statement indicates that the delimiter must be supplied whenever (a) that parameter is included, or (b) that parameter is omitted and any other parameter which follows is included. For example: itema[,itemb][,itemc] means that the following are allowed: itema itema,itemb itema,itemb,itemc itema,,itemc 3. Output and input/output parameters are underlined. A notation in the description of each parameter distinguishes input/output from output parameters. For example: CREATE (parm1,parm2,flags,error) 4. Underlining may also be used in some cases to distinguish user input from the output on the terminal's screen. For example: NEW NAME? ALPHA Key Cap A string enclosed by brackets may be used to indicate a key on the terminal's keyboard. For example, Enter indicates the carriage return key. CTRL-char Control characters are indicated by CTRL followed by the character. For example, CTRL-y means the user presses the control key and the character y simultaneously.
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