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!TOPS-20 OPR.HLP Operator interface program help file
!
!Each OPR command has an entry in this file. The entries must
!be alphabetically ordered and must be preceeded with an "*"
!in column 1.
!
!Additional entries may be added to this help file, but care
!must be taken.
!
OPR is a general operator interface program which is used to
communicate with GALAXY system components.
Help for a specific command may be obtained with the HELP
command as follows:
HELP command-name
For instance if you wish additional information about the
ABORT command you would type "HELP ABORT"
*ABORT
The ABORT command allows you to terminate a job request which is in
progress on an input or output device or in a batch stream.
The format is:
ABORT keyword argument
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
READER
followed by the argument:
<stream-number> (for batch stream)
<unit-number> (for devices)
followed by one of these optional switches:
/PURGE
/REASON:single or multiple lines of text
The BATCH-STREAM keyword has these optional switches:
/ERROR-PROCESSING
/NOERROR-PROCESSING
*ALIGN
The ALIGN command allows you to cause a forms-alignment file to be
printed repeatedly on the line printer so that you can align the forms.
The format is:
ALIGN PRINTER <unit-number>
followed by one of these arguments and/or switches:
/STOP
Alignment Filespec
/PAUSE:<number-of-seconds>
/REPEAT-COUNT:<number-of-repeats>
*BACKSPACE
The BACKSPACE command allows you to reprint previously output pages in
the file currently being printed on the line printer.
The format is:
BACKSPACE PRINTER <unit-number>
followed by one of these switches:
/COPIES:<number-of-copies>
/FILE <1-file>
/PAGES:<number-of-pages>
*CANCEL
The CANCEL command allows you to cancel any job request that is being
processed or waiting to be processed, or any mount request for a tape or
disk structure.
The format is:
CANCEL keyword
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-REQUEST
CARD-PUNCH-REQUEST
MOUNT-REQUEST
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH-REQUEST
PLOTTER-REQUEST
PRINTER-REQUEST
followed by one of these arguments:
<request-id-number> (for a single job)
user name (for all jobs of a user)
* (for all job requests)
For MOUNT-REQUEST the argument is:
<request-id-number> (for a single mount)
Structure-name: (for all mounts of a structure)
followed by the optional switch:
/REASON:comment
*CLOSE
The CLOSE command allows you to close the current ORION log file and
create a new log file buffer. The closed log file is written to disk so
that an up-to-date file can be created.
The format is:
CLOSE LOG
*CONTINUE
The CONTINUE command allows you to continue a job request that was
temporarily stopped with the STOP command.
The format is:
CONTINUE keyword <stream/unit-number>
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
READER
*DEFINE
The DEFINE command allows you to define an IBM node to the batch and
spooling system. You can specify node type (2780, 3780, or HASP) and
mode (either emulation or termination). This command is applicable only
if you have DN60 software.
The format is:
DEFINE NODE name:: type mode <pp> <n> /switch
where name:: is a 1- to 6-character nodename
type is one of the following:
2780
3780
HASP
mode is one of the following:
EMULATION
TERMINATION
<pp> is the port number (a 2-digit octal value)
<n> is the line number (a 1-digit value)
You can specify one of the following switches:
/SIGNON-REQUIRED
/NO-SIGNON-REQUIRED
*DISABLE
The DISABLE command allows you to turn off various system processes as
defined by the available keywords.
The format is:
DISABLE keyword
where keyword can be one of the following:
AUTOMATIC-VOLUME-RECOGNITION
CLASS-SCHEDULER
FILE-RETRIEVAL-WAITS
LOGGING
OUTPUT-DISPLAY
QUEUE-REQUESTS
The arguments for AUTOMATIC-VOLUME-RECOGNITION are:
TAPE-DRIVES
tape-drive-name:
The arguments for OUTPUT-DISPLAY are:
ALL-MESSAGES
BATCH-MESSAGES
CARD-PUNCH-MESSAGES
CARD-READER-INTERPRETER-MESSAGES
FILE-RETREVIAL-MESSAGES
MOUNT-MESSAGES
NCP-MESSAGES
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH-MESSAGES
PLOTTER-MESSAGES
PRINTER-MESSAGES
READER-MESSAGES
USER-MESSAGES
followed by one or more of these switches:
/INFORMATION-MESSAGES
/JOB-MESSAGES
/OPR-ACTION-MESSAGES
*DISMOUNT
The DISMOUNT command allows you to dismount structures and tape drives
currently known to the system.
The format is:
DISMOUNT keyword argument
where keyword must be one of the following:
STRUCTURE
TAPE-DRIVE
followed by the argument:
structure-name: (for structure dismounts)
tape-drive-name: (for tape dismounts)
*ENABLE
The ENABLE command allows you to turn-on various system processes as
defined by the available keywords.
The format is:
ENABLE keyword
where keyword can be one of the following:
AUTOMATIC-VOLUME-RECOGNITION <TOPS-20 only>
CLASS-SCHEDULER
FILE-RETRIEVAL-WAITS
LOGGING
OUTPUT-DISPLAY
QUEUE-REQUESTS
The arguments for AUTOMATIC-VOLUME-RECOGNITION are:
TAPE-DRIVES
tape-drive-name:
The switches and their arguments for CLASS-SCHEDULER are:
/CLASS-ASSIGNMENTS:ACCOUNT
POLICY-PROGRAM
/WINDFALL:ALLOCATED
WITHHELD
The arguments for OUTPUT-DISPLAY are:
ALL-MESSAGES
BATCH-MESSAGES
CARD-PUNCH-MESSAGES
CARD-READER-INTERPRETER-MESSAGES
FILE-RETREVIAL-MESSAGES
MOUNT-MESSAGES
NCP-MESSAGES
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH-MESSAGES
PLOTTER-MESSAGES
PRINTER-MESSAGES
READER-MESSAGES
USER-MESSAGES
followed by one or more of these switches:
/INFORMATION-MESSAGES
/JOB-MESSAGES
/OPR-ACTION-MESSAGES
*ENTER
The ENTER command allows you to enter an alternative command processor
for an application type.
The format is:
ENTER application-type
where application-type must be defined at GALGEN. (NCP, for
example.)
*EXIT
The EXIT command allows you to leave OPR command level and return to
ENABLEd command level.
The format is:
EXIT
*FORWARDSPACE
The FORWARDSPACE command allows you to skip pages that are currently
being printed on the line printer.
The format is:
FORWARDSPACE PRINTER <unit-number>
followed by one of these switches:
/COPIES:<number-of-copies>
/FILE
/PAGES:<number-of-pages>
*HELP
The HELP command allows you to display the function, format, arguments,
and switches of any OPR command.
The format is:
HELP keyword
where keyword can be any one of the following OPR commands:
ABORT ALIGN BACKSPACE CANCEL
CLOSE CONTINUE DEFINE DISABLE
DISMOUNT ENABLE ENTER EXIT
FORWARDSPACE HELP HOLD IDENTIFY
MODIFY PUSH RELEASE REPORT
REQUEUE RESPOND ROUTE SEND
SET SHOW SHUTDOWN START
STOP SUPPRESS SWITCH TAKE
or
NCP followed by a single NCP command
*HOLD
The HOLD command allows you to keep particular requests in the queues
from being processed. You must give the RELEASE command to allow the
held jobs to process.
The format is:
HOLD keyword
where keyword must be one of the following:
BATCH-JOBS
CARD-PUNCH-JOBS
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH-JOBS
PLOTTER-JOBS
PRINTER-JOBS
followed by one of these arguments:
<request-id-number> (for a single job)
user name (for all jobs of a user)
* (for all job requests)
*IDENTIFY
The IDENTIFY command allows you to identify a tape mount to the system
when either the tape is unlabeled or you have
Automatic-Volume-Recognition disabled.
The format is:
IDENTIFY MTAn: argument
where MTAn: is the tape drive name and number, and
where argument must be one of the following:
REQUEST-ID <request-id-number>
SCRATCH
VOLUME-ID<volume-identification>
*MODIFY
The MODIFY command allows you to change the priority of a job request
waiting in a queue for processing. The higher the priority number, the
sooner the job will be processed.
The format is:
MODIFY keyword
where keyword must be one of the following:
BATCH-REQUEST
CARD-PUNCH-REQUEST
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH-REQUEST
PLOTTER-REQUEST
PRINTER-REQUEST
followed by one of these arguments:
<request-id-number> (for a single job)
user name (for all jobs of a user)
* (for all job requests)
followed by the argument:
PRIORITY
and the following argument value:
<priority-number> <between 1 and 63>
*NEXT
The NEXT command allows you to specify the request that will be serviced
next by the input or output queue. The request you specify will be
processed as soon as processing of the current request is complete.
The format is:
NEXT keyword <batch-stream/unit number> switch argument
Where the keyword is one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
The optional switch is /NODE:nodename
followed by the required REQUEST-ID and request identification
number.
*NCP
The NCP command allows you to execute NCP (Network Command Protocol)
commands while running the OPR program. This command is valid only if
you have DECnet software.
The format is:
NCP command-name argument arg arg
See DECnet documentation for further help on NCP
commands.
*PUSH
The PUSH command allows you to leave OPR command level and enter TOPS-20
command level. You must give the POP command to return to OPR command
level.
The format is:
PUSH (to EXEC level)
*RELEASE
The RELEASE command allows you to release a job request that was held
with the HOLD command.
The format is:
RELEASE keyword
where keyword must be one of the following:
BATCH-JOBS
CARD-PUNCH-JOBS
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH-JOBS
PLOTTER-JOBS
PRINTER-JOBS
followed by one of these arguments:
<request-id-number> (for a single job)
user name (for all jobs of a user)
* (for all job requests)
*REPORT
The REPORT command allows you to make journal entries into the system
error file.
The format is:
REPORT message
where message can optionally begin with:
User Name
Device
followed by a single or multiple line message.
*REQUEUE
The REQUEUE command allows you to stop a job request, put it back in the
queue in a HOLD state, and cancel the request. You must give the
RELEASE command to activate the job request after it has been requeued.
The format is:
REQUEUE keyword argument
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
followed by the argument:
<stream-number> (for batch stream)
<unit-number> (for devices)
followed this switch:
/REASON:single or multiple lines of text
or one of the following arguments (not valid for (BATCH-STREAM):
BEGINNING-OF COPY
FILE
JOB
CURRENT-POSITION
*RESPOND
The RESPOND command allows you to reply to any message that was sent to
you from from a user or the system.
The format is:
RESPOND <message-number> response
where <message-number> is an outstanding message number
followed by a single or multiple line response.
*ROUTE
The ROUTE command allows you to transfer output from one device to
another device on the same or a different node. To cancel previous
routing, give the ROUTE command without specifying a destination.
The format is:
ROUTE keyword source destination
Where source is object-identifier unit number and
/NODE:nodename:: of the source device and destination is
the unit number and /NODE:nodename:: of the destination device.
The keywords for ROUTE are the following:
ALL-DEVICES
CARD-PUNCH
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
The ALL-DEVICES keyword takes the following arguments:
source-node
ALL-NODES
destination-node
In addition, you may specify ALL-UNITA as your source and
destination arguments.
*SEND
The SEND command allows you to send single or multiple line messages to
destinations defined by the available keywords.
The format is:
SEND keyword message
where keyword can be one of the following:
ALL
BATCH-STREAM
JOB
OPERATOR
TERMINAL
followed by a number (not applicable for ALL and OPERATOR),
and a single or multiple line message.
*SET
The SET command allows you to set various system parameters for the
system devices defined by the available keywords. The parameters are
the arguments to the keywords.
The format is:
SET keyword argument /switch
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM <stream-number> or <range>
CARD-PUNCH <device-number> or <range>
DISK-DRIVE CHANNEL <n> DRIVE <n>
JOB <job-number>
LIMIT-EXCEEDED-ACTION
NODE <name::> (for DN60 only)
ONLINE
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH <device-number> or <range>
PLOTTER <device-number> or <range>
PRINTER <device-number> or <range>
SCHEDULER
STRUCTURE structure-name:
TAPE-DRIVE Tape-drive-name:
TERMINAL
where <range> is low to high order numbers <n:m>.
The arguments for BATCH-STREAM are:
NOOPR-INTERVENTION
OPR-INTERVENTION
PRIORITY-LIMITS <number> or <n:m>
TIME-LIMITS <number> or <n:m>
The arguments for CARD-PUNCH, PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH, PLOTTER,
and PRINTER are:
FORMS-TYPE name
LIMIT-EXCEEDED-ACTION ABORT
ASK
PROCEED
OUTPUT-LIMITS <number> or <n:m>
PRIORITY-LIMITS <number> or <n:m>
PAGE-LIMITS <number> or <n:m> (for PRINTER only)
The arguments for DISK-DRIVE are:
AVAILABLE
UNAVAILABLE
The arguments for TAPE-DRIVE are:
AVAILABLE
INITIALIZE
UNAVAILABLE
The INITIALIZE argument has these optional switches:
/COUNT:<number>
/DENSITY:200
556
800
1600
6250
/LABEL-TYPE:ANSI
EBCDIC
TOPS-20
UNLABELED
/OVERRIDE-EXPIRATION:YES
NO
/OWNER:User-name
/PROTECTION:<protection-number>
/TAPE-DISPOSITION:HOLD
UNLOAD
/VOLUME-ID:<volid>
/INCREMENT:<number>
The arguments for JOB are:
NOOPR-INTERVENTION
OPR-INTERVENTION
SCHEDULER-CLASS <class-number>
The arguments for NODE are:
BYTES-PER-MESSAGE <bytes>
CLEAR-SEND-DELAY <milliseconds>
DATA-TERMINAL-READY on/off
NO-SIGNON-REQUIRED
RECORDS-PER-MESSAGE <records>
SIGNON-REQUIRED
SILO-WARNING-LEVEL <number>
TIMEOUT-CATEGORY <primary/secondary>
TRANSPARENCY on/off
The arguments for ONLINE are:
<channel>,<unit>,<controller> (device address)
The argument for SCHEDULER is:
BATCH-CLASS BACKGROUND
NONE
scheduler class for batch
BIAS-CONTROL <decimal-number>
CLASS <scheduler-class-number>
The arguments for STRUCTURE are:
ACKNOWLEDGED
AVAILABLE
DOMESTIC
FOREIGN
IGNORED
REGULATED
UNAVAILABLE
UNREGULATED
The argument for TERMINAL is:
TYPE model-name
*SHOW
The SHOW command allows you to display various types of information
defined by the available keywords.
The format is:
SHOW keyword argument /switch
where keyword can be one of the following:
CONTROL-FILE
MESSAGES
OPERATORS
PARAMETERS
QUEUES
ROUTE-TABLE
SCHEDULER
STATUS
TIME
The argument for CONTROL-FILE with its optional /switch
is:
BATCH-STREAM <stream-number> /LINES:<number>
The arguments for PARAMETERS are:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
NETWORK-NODE
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
The arguments for QUEUES are:
ALL-JOBS
BATCH-JOBS
CARD-PUNCH-JOBS
MOUNT-REQUESTS
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH-JOBS
PLOTTER-JOBS
PRINTER-JOBS
RETRIEVAL-REQUESTS
with the switches:
/ALL
/SHORT
/USER:user
/NODE:nodename (not for MOUNT-REQUESTS or RETRIEVAL-REQUESTS)
The arguments for STATUS are:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
DISK-DRIVE
NETWORK-NODE
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
READER
TAPE-DRIVE
DISK-DRIVES has these optional switches:
/ALL
/FREE
/MOUNTED
TAPE-DRIVE has the following optional argument and
switches:
Tape-Drive-Name:
/ALL
/FREE
The other arguments have this optional switch:
/SHORT
The are no arguments and switches for MESSAGES,
OPERATORS, ROUTE-TABLE, SCHEDULER, and TIME.
*SHUTDOWN
The SHUTDOWN command allows you to terminate the scheduling of job
requests for the devices you specify as defined by the available
keywords.
The format is:
SHUTDOWN keyword argument
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
NODE (for DECnet only)
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
READER
followed by the argument:
<stream-number> (for batch streams)
<unit-number> (for devices)
node-name:: (for NODE)
or a range of <stream/unit-numbers> as n:m.
*START
The START command allows you to start up the scheduling of job requests
through the devices you specify, as defined by the available keywords.
The format is:
START keyword argument /switch
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
NODE (for DECnet only)
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
READER
followed by the argument:
<stream-number> (for batch stream)
<unit-number> (for devices)
node-name:: (for NODE)
or a range of <stream/unit-numbers> as n:m.
The PRINTER keyword has this optional switch:
/DEVICE:tape-drive-name:
*STOP
The STOP command allow you to temporarily stop any device as defined by
the available keywords. You must give the CONTINUE command to resume
the processing of job requests through the device.
The format is:
STOP keyword <stream/unit-number> argument /switch
where keyword can be one of the following:
BATCH-STREAM
CARD-PUNCH
PAPER-TAPE-PUNCH
PLOTTER
PRINTER
READER
followed by a stream/unit number or a range of numbers (n:m).
You can also specify one of the following arguments:
AFTER CURRENT-REQUEST
AFTER EVERY-REQUEST
IMMEDIATELY
And you can specify the /NODE:nodename:: switch.
*SUPPRESS
The SUPPRESS command allows you to suppress the carriage control on the
line printer. All lines are single-spaced. Blank lines and form feeds
are ignored.
The format is:
SUPPRESS PRINTER <unit-number>
followed by one of these switches:
/FILE
/JOB
/STOP
*SWITCH
The SWITCH command allows you to switch a mount request that is using a
tape volume to a new volume on another tape drive. This command should
be used only when a user program wishes to switch volumes without
issuing another tape mount request.
The format is:
SWITCH <request-id-number> volid tape-drive
where <request-id-number> specifies a tape mount request,
volid is the new volume identification, and
tape-drive is the tape drive unit number (MTAn:).
*TAKE
The TAKE command allows you to execute a series of OPR commands from a
specified command file.
The format is:
TAKE filespec
where filespec is the name of the command file,
followed by one of these optional switches:
/DISPLAY
/NODISPLAY
*WAIT
The WAIT command causes OPR to wait for a specified number of seconds
before accepting input.
WAIT [nn]
where nn is the number of seconds you want OPR to wait.