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.TITLE KJOB VERSION 50A -- NOVEMBER, 1974
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^^KJOB\\ CHANGES FROM ^V50 TO ^V50^A
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^^APR\\ '75
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***^COPYRIGHT 1974,1975 ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORP., ^MAYNARD, ^MASS.***
.HL1 SUMMARY.
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T\\HIS RELEASE, AS A MAINTENANCE RELEASE, INCORPORATES ALL KNOWN FIXES TO ^^KJOB V\\ERSION 50.
^INCLUDED ALSO ALSO ARE SELECTED ENHANCEMENTS TO THE HUMAN ENGINEERING OF THE ^^CUSP\\.
^IN PARTICULAR, THE NON-SPECIFIC QUESTION "^ARE YOU SURE?", ASKED IN RESPONSE TO CERTAIN CONFIRM SWITCHES HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE QUESTION "^DELETE ^^XXX\\ FILES?", WHERE ^^XXX\\ IS THE TYPE OF FILE TO BE DELETED.
^ALSO, ONLY SINGLE LETTER OR SWITCH TYPE RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE CONFIRM DIALOGUE.
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^^KJOB 50A\\ RUNS ON ALL MONITORS STARTING WITH 5.03.
^IT WILL ALSO RUN UNDER 4.72 AND 5.02 WITH LIMITATIONS.
^IT HAS BEEN TESTED ON 5.06^B, 5.07, AND 6.01.
^^KJOB 50A\\ MUST BE RUN WITH A MINIMUM OF ^^LOGOUT\\ ^VERSION 45.
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^^KJOB\\ IS DOCUMENTED IN THE SOFTWARE NOTEBOOKS IN THE ^^TOPS-10\\ COMMAND MANUAL.
^IT IS ALSO DOCUMENTED IN THE PROGRAMMING SPECIFICATION, ^^KJOB\\.
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.HL1 EXTERNAL CHANGES.
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_^Z\\ IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS AN EXIT INDICATION FROM THE CONFIRM DIALOGUE.
^THE USER WILL BE RETURNED TO MONITOR LEVEL.
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^RESPONSES TO ^CONFIRM: ARE NOW LIMITED TO A SINGLE LETTER OR SINGLE SWITCH TYPE RESPONSE, OPTIONALLY FOLLOWED BY A SPACE OR TAB AND LIST OF FILE STRUCTURES.
^DEVIATION FROM THIS FORMAT GENERATES THE WARNING MESSAGE "%^RESPONSE MUST BE SINGLE LETTER WITH OPTIONAL ^^STR\\ LIST", AND A NEW RESPONSE WILL BE REQUESTED.
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^IF AN ATTEMPT TO DELETE A FILE FAILS DUE TO A ^^UFD\\ PROTECTION, THE TERMINAL USER IS GIVEN AN ERROR MESSAGE INDICATING THE PROBLEM ^^STR\\ (E.G. ^^DSKA\\: APPARENT ^^UFD\\ PROTECTION FAILURE) AND ^^KJOB\\ EXITS TO MONITOR LEVEL.
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^THE QUESTION "^ARE YOU SURE?" HAS BEEN REPLACED BY MORE INFORMATIVE QUESTIONS:
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^FOR THE ^D SWITCH, THE QUESTION IS "^DELETE ALL FILES?"
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^IF OTHERS USERS ARE LOGGED IN UNDER THE SAME ^^PPN\\, OR THIS IS A PROJECT 1 JOB:
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^K ASKS "^DELETE UNPRESERVED FILES?"
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^P AND ^S ASK "^DELETE TEMP FILES?"
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^THE EXTENSION ^^DIR\\ IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A TEMPORARY FILE.
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^CONFIRM: IS NOW LOWER CASE.
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^THE /^B ALGORITHM NOW OUTPUTS THE STANDARD OVER-QUOTA INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE BEFORE DOING ITS DELETION ALGORITHM.
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^^KJOB V50A\\ WILL NOW ENFORCE THE DOCUMENTED RESTRICTION THAT IF THE LOG FILE DEVICE IS NOT A DISK OR SPOOLED, ^^TTY\\ IS ASSUMED.
^IF A VIOLATION OF THIS RESTRICTION WILL PRODUCE A WARNING MESSAGE.
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.HL1 BUGS AND DEFICIENCIES.
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U\\NDER 4.72 AND 5.02 MONITORS, THE USER CANNOT LOG OUT IF HE HAS ASSIGNED THE LOGICAL NAME ^^SYS\\ TO ^^DSK\\.
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^^KJOB\\ CANNOT PROPERLY HANDLE ^^SFD\\'S.
^THIS INCLUDES ^^LOG\\ FILE SPECIFICATION, AND ANY FILE MANIPULATION STANDARDLY DONE BY THIS ^^CUSP\\.
.HL1 CHANGES IN INSTALLATION INTRUCTIONS.
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N\\ONE.
.HL1 INTERNAL CHANGES.
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D\\EFAULT ^QUEUE PRIORITY IS NOW 10.
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^IF AN ATTEMPT TO DELETE A FILE FAILS DUE TO A ^^UFD\\ PROTECTION, AND THE JOB IS CONTROLLED, THE ^^UFD\\ IS RENAMED TO A REASONABLE PROTECTION TO ALLOW DELETIONS AND RENAMED TO THE ORIGINAL PROTECTION AT THE END OF THAT ^^STR\\'S PROCESSING.
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^RETRY COUNT USED TO INTERLOCK THE ^^LOG\\ FILE HAS BEEN LESSENED TO 10 (FROM 360).
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[^END OF ^^KJOB.DOC\\]