2-6. RUNNING EDIT/3000 IN BATCH MODE

In batch mode, MPE/3000 and EDIT/3000 commands (and text if desired) are included with the :JOB command. Unlike sessions, jobs require that the colon prompt character be included with MPE/3000 commands. EDIT/3000 commands in batch mode, however, need not be preceded with the EDIT/3000 prompt character (/) .If prompt characters are included with EDIT/3000 commands in batch mode, they will be listed (two slashes will be printed by MPE/3000 instead of just one) on the standard list device but ignored otherwise by EDIT/3000.

An example of running EDIT/3000 in batch mode is shown in Figure 2-2 “Running EDIT/3000 in Batch Mode”. (This job includes the same editing operations as illustrated for the session in Figure 2-1 “Running EDIT/3000 in an Interactive Session”.)

A card reader was used as the input device for the job shown in Figure 2-2 “Running EDIT/3000 in Batch Mode” and the cards submitted with the job were as follows:

        :JOB MANAGER.SCR

        :EDITOR

        ADD

        THIS IS THE FIRST LINE OF THE WORK FILE

        (THE DATA WAS ENTERED FROM CARDS)

        // (This card with the two slashes was necessary to terminate the ADD command)

        LIST ALL

        END

        :EOJ

Note that the colon prompt characters were included as the first character with the MPE/3000 :JOB, :EDITOR, and :EOJ commands but slash prompt characters were not included with the EDIT/3000 ADD, LIST, and END commands. EDIT/3000 listed the slash prompt characters on the standard list device (and would have output two slashes if each command had been preceded by a slash). Also note that EDIT/3000 listed the line numbers (1 and 2) even though these (like the slashes) had not been included in the data. If line numbers had been included in the data, they would have been considered to be the first characters of the record.

   :JOB JOE.VOLLMER,PUB

   PRIORITY = DS; INPRI = 8; TIME = UNLIMITED SECONDS

   JOB NUMBER = #J2

   TUE, JUN 3, 1980,   1:53 PM

   HP3000 / MPE III 8.0l.DC





   :EDITOR





   HP32201A.4.02 EDIT/3000 WED, JUL 30, 1975, 8:39 AM

   /ADD

         1       THIS IS THE FIRST LINE OF THE WORK FILE

         2       (THE DATA WAS ENTERED FROM CARDS)







   /LIST ALL

         1       THIS IS THE FIRST LINE OF THE WORK FILE

         2       (THE DATA WAS ENTERED FROM CARDS)

   /END





    END OF SUBSYSTEM

   :EOJ

   CPU SEC. = 4. ELAPSED MIN. = 1. TUE, JUN 3, 1980, 1:53 PM

	NOTE: EDITOR input files processed in batch mode do not need a semicolon(;) at the end of each command. Semicolons may still be used to ignore sequence numbers, although this practice is not recommended.