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HP Part Number: 32650-90872

Edition: Edition 1

Published: Printed in U.S.A. October 1998

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Begin Here
Materials List
Course Overview
Course Description
Course Goal and Objectives
Orientation
Reference Documents
Conventions
Course Instructions
Setup Instructions
Equipment
Procedure Summary
Step-by-step procedure
2 Module 1: Account Management
Challenge Test
Lesson 1 Managing Your Account
Introduction
Listing Account Information
Access Codes
Logon Password
Listing Account Passwords
Password Security
Lesson Summary
Lesson 2 Managing Account Groups
Introduction
Group Assignments (account manager)
Listing Groups in an Account
More Information About Account Groups
Group Attributes
Group Capability Attributes
Group File Access Attributes
Access Control Definitions
Group Passwords (account manager)
Adding a New Group (account manager)
Altering Group Attributes (account manager)
Purging a Group (account manager)
Using the MKACCT Command File to Create Accounts, Groups, and Users
Capability Requirements for Applications and Programs
Lesson Summary
Lesson 3 Managing Users
Introduction
Online help
Command Syntax and the LISTUSER Command
User Capabilities
ALTUSER Command
NEWUSER Command
PURGEUSER Command
Lesson Summary
3 Module 2: File Management
Challenge Test
Lesson 1 Introducing Files
Introduction
Permanent files
LISTFILE command options
Temporary files
Listing temporary files
Purging temporary files
Formal files
Listing file equations
Lesson summary
Lesson 2 Building Disk Files
Introduction
BUILD command
Lockword
Record size
Blocking factor
Record type
File data type
Other BUILD options
Lesson summary
Lesson 3 Creating Temporary Files
Introduction
$NEWPASS and $OLDPASS
$NULL
Lesson summary
Lesson 4 Using File Equations
Introduction
Writing file equations
Benefits of the FILE command
Backreferencing
System-Defined designators
User-defined files
Clearing file equations
Lesson summary
4 Module 3: Batch Processing
Challenge Test
Lesson 1 Introducing Jobs
Introduction
Advantages of job/batch processing
Comparison to sessions
More SHOWJOB information
JOBFENCE, JLIMIT, SLIMIT information
IPRI (input priority)
JIN and JLIST columns
INTRODUCED and JOBNAME columns
Job and session summary
SHOWJOB parameters
Lesson summary
Lesson 2 Examining a Job File
Introduction
Batch processing commands
JOB command
Hint
User/account names/passwords
Input priority
RESTART parameter
OUTCLASS parameter
SPSAVE parameter
Hint:
COMMENT command
CONTINUE command
TELL command and TELLOP command
EOJ command
Other commands in job files
Lesson summary
Lesson 3 Creating and Streaming a Job File
Introduction
Streaming a job
Aborting a job
Suspending a job
Altering a job
Lesson summary
Lesson 4 Monitoring Jobs
Introduction
SPOOLER commands
Displaying spool file information
Input and output spool files
Where spool files are kept
EDTLIST
Using PRINT to check for errors
Aborting jobs
Lesson summary
5 Module 4: File Transfer and Storage
Challenge Test
Lesson 1 Using FCOPY
Introduction
FCOPY and COPY commands
Copying files within an account
If you get an error message
Copying files between groups
Copying files between accounts
Problems?
Exercise 4-2: appending one file to another
Copying files from disk to other devices
Copying files to and from devices other than disk
Lesson summary
Exercise 4-3: lesson 1 review
Lesson 2 Storing and Restoring Files from Tape
Introduction
Store utility
Using STORE
Transporting files to a new system
STORE parameters
Hint
Be Careful
Using RESTORE
Lesson summary
6 Module 5: User Commands
Challenge Test
Lesson 1 UDCs and Command Files
Introduction
Review of user commands
Types of user commands
Comparison of command files and udcs
Why use a command file for user commands?
Why use a UDC file for user commands?
Listing UDC files
Reviewing a UDC file
UDC characteristics
Logon UDCs
How to list a UDC
Lesson summary
Lesson 2 Understanding Search Priority and Search Path
Introduction
UDC directory
Command directory
File directory
Search path
XEQ command
Lesson summary
Lesson 3 Cataloging UDCs
Introduction
Reviewing UDCs
Creating or modifying a UDC
Cataloging and uncataloging UDC files
Adding UDC files
Deleting UDC files
Lesson summary
Lesson 4\using UDC Options
Introduction
LOGON option
LIST/NOLIST option
HELP/NOHELP option
RECURSION/\NORECURSION option
PROGRAM/\NOPROGRAM option
BREAK/NOBREAK option
Position of options
Lesson summary
Lesson 5\using Parameters
Introduction
Passing values by parameters
Optional and required parameters
Multiple parameters
Benefits of parameters
Lesson summary
Lesson 6\The Command Interpreter
Introduction
Using the CI
Lesson summary
7 Module 6: Variables and Expressions
Challenge Test
Lesson 1 Understanding Variables
Introduction
Command files in this lesson
Assigning and displaying variable values
Variable names
Variable types
System-defined variables
User-defined variables
Deleting variables
Lesson summary
Using Variables and Expressions
Introduction
Using variables in the STATS command file
Using variables in the LF command file:
Lesson summary
8 Solutions
Solutions to Module 1: Account Management
Check Your Answers
Lesson 1 Managing Your Account
Lesson 2 Managing Groups
Lesson 3 Managing Users
Solutions to Module 2: File Management
Check Your Answers
Lesson 1 Introduction to Files
Lesson 2 Building Disk Files
Lesson 3 Creating Temporary Files
Lesson 4 Using File Equations
Solutions to Module 3: Batch Processing
Check Your Answers
Lesson 1 Introducing Jobs
Lesson 2 Examining a Job File
Lesson 3 Creating and Streaming a Job File
Lesson 4 Monitoring Job Progress
Solutions to Module 4: File Transfer
Check Your Answers
Lesson 1 Using FCOPY
Lesson 2 Storing and Restoring Files from Tape
Solutions to Module 5: User Commands
Check Your Answers
Lesson 1 UDCs and Command Files
Lesson 2 Understanding Search Priority and Search Path
Lesson 3 Cataloging UDCs
Lesson 4 Using UDC Options
Lesson 5 Using Parameters
Solutions to Module 6: Variables and Expressions
Check Your Answers
Lesson 1 Understanding Variables
Lesson 2 Using Variables and Expressions
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

2-1 Account Manager
2-2 Managing Groups
2-3 Sample Worksheet
2-4 LISTUSER Command
2-5 User Capabilities in One Account
3-1 File Types
3-2 BUILD Command
3-3 Record Type
3-4 Temporary Files
3-5 Overwriting $OLDPASS
3-6 $NULL File
3-7 File Equations
3-8 Backreferencing File Equations
3-9 System-Defined File Designators
4-1 Examining a Job File
4-2 Modifying a File
4-3 JOB1 File
4-4 JOB2 File
4-5 STREAM Command Options
4-6 Resuming or Aborting Jobs
4-7 Spool Files EDTLIST Output from the Editor
4-8 SPOOLF and Aborted Jobs EDTLIST Output from the Editor
5-1 FCOPY
5-2 STORE/RESTORE Utility Subsystem
6-1 Command Files vs UDC File
6-2 MPE/iX Directory Search
6-3 MPE/iX Search Priority
6-4 Search Path
6-5 SETCATALOG APPEND Option
6-6 Default Options
6-7 Parameters in a UDC
6-8 Parameters in a Command File
6-9 PR Command File
6-10 PRX Command File
6-11 SETCATX UDC
6-12 NEWOUT UDC
6-13 The CI
7-1 Implicit and Explicit Dereferencing
7-2 IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF Statement
7-3 WHILE Loop

List of Tables

2-1 ACD Permissions
4-1 Q3-14
4-2 Q3-26
   


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