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Creates a job stream that can then be used to perform network directory or configuration file updates on remote nodes.

Syntax


  MAKESTREAM streamfile, nodefile, commandfile

Parameters

streamfile

The name of a file to be created that will contain the job stream commands. The format is:

filename[.groupname[.accountname]]

The file must not already exist. The default allocation of 5000 variable length records may be overridden through a file equation.

nodefile

The name of the file that contains a list of nodes to be updated. The format is the same as that for streamfile. This file may be generated by redirecting the output of the LISTDIR command into a file, which may then be submitted directly to MAKESTREAM or edited with a text editor such as TDP/3000. All node name entries must begin with an alphabetic character.

commandfile

The name of a file that contains NMMGR maintenance mode commands. The format is the same as that for streamfile. The commands in this file are applied to each node listed in nodefile.

Description

MAKESTREAM generates a text file of job stream commands suitable for updating a group of nodes. The job stream is created based on a list of nodenames contained in the nodefile supplied. The nodefile acts as a control file. The update status of each node is recorded for review in the event of update failures such as transport problems or a network being inaccessible.

The standard logon is NETADMIN.SYS,PUB. Progress messages are sent to OPERATOR.SYS. These and other parts of the job stream may be customized using a text editor once the stream file is created. The commands executed on each node in the nodefile are taken from commandfile. Commands may be any NMMGR maintenance mode commands and are executed on the remote side of the connection established for each node being updated.

Only lines that begin with an alphabetic character in column one of the nodefile are considered node name entries.

Example

nodefile NLIST contains the following: 
  ASTRO.MKT.IND
  POGO.DCL.IND
commandfile CMDS contains the following: 
  OPENDIR NSDIR.PUB.SYS
  :FILE SRCDIR=NSDIR.PUB.SYS:$BACK
  MERGEDIR *SRCDIR;NOKEEP
  LISTDIR
  EXIT
To generate and run a job stream, use the following commands: 
  NMMGR> MAKESTREAM SFILE, NLIST, CMDS
  Generating job statements for node ASTRO.MKT.IND
  Generating job statements for node POGO.DCL.IND
  NMMGR> :STREAM SFILE
  #J1072
After job completion, file NLIST contains the following: 
   ASTRO.MKT.IND        UPDATED       04/20/90 11:09 AM
   POGO.DCL.IND         UPDATED       04/20/90 11:14 AM



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