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                              SETUP Documentation

                                 Alan Guenther
                       (revised by Joe Payne  4-Jul-75)
             (revised by Ralph Swick 18-Oct-78 through 12-Oct-79)






                                Third Revision

                  This manual describes version 5(56) of  the
                  SETUP  program  released  in  March,  1980.
                  This manual supersedes the previous manuals
                  of 20-Jun-79 and 12-Oct-79.  All changes to
                  this manual since the previous edition  are
                  noted with a vertical bar in the margin.


             Updated 23-Jan-80: pages 4,8,9,13-16,26.1,54,56
             Updated 16-May-80: pages 2,4,5,6,12,18,19,23,29-33,35-39,45,46,
                                      49-54,58,59,62,77-79



   The SETUP program was originally developed at the University  of  Montana
   and   is   distributed   by   Carnegie-Mellon   University,   Pittsburgh,
   Pennsylvania under the agreement that any modifications  be  communicated
   back  to  C-MU and that no such modified versions be distributed to other
   installations except by C-MU.
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   ***** Introduction


                               Table of Contents

              I.  Introduction                               3

             II.  SETUP Editing Commands                     4

                  Notation used in this manual               5

                  ;Type                                      7
                  ;Ask                                       8
                  ;Select option                             9
                  ;Option                                   11
                  ;No-option                                13
                  ;Define variable                          14
                  ;Select variable                          16
                  ;Define constant                          18
                  ;Define option                            20
                  ;Include                                  22
                  ;File                                     24
                  ;Abort                                    25
                  ;Get                                      26
                  ;If                                       27
                  ;Error                                    29
                  ;Perform for lists                        31
                  ;Perform for files                        33
|                 ;Begin                                    36
|                 ;End                                      38
|                 ;Leave                                    39
                  Conditional commands                      40

            III.  SETUP Features                            42
                  Job Identifier                            42
                  Restarting jobs                           43
|                 Control-C                                 45
                  Pre-defined options and variables         46
                  Line continuation                         48
|                 Blocks                                    49
|                 Tracing and Logging                       52

             IV.  Running SETUP from command level          55
                  Alternate uses of SETUP                   57

              V.  MCF Example                               59

             VI.  Example Dialog                            61

            VII.  Resulting CTL File                        62

           VIII.  Error Messages                            65
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                             Page 3
   ***** Introduction


   ******Comments will be appreciated.


   I.       Introduction

        SETUP is a program designed to facilitate the creation of frequently
   modified   data  processing  batch  job  control  files.   SETUP  uses  a
   previously created master  control  file  (MCF)  and  user  responses  to
   produce the batch control file (CTL).  The MCF may contain yes/no options
   which the user may select, variables for which he  may  define  arbitrary
   replacement values, and questions which she may answer by supplying whole
   lines of text.

        The principal benefit of such a program is that files  prepared  for
   use  with  it  may  be modified quickly, easily, and with less chance for
   error at job submission.  Also, it does not require  a  skilled  user  to
   operate it effectively once the MCFs are created.

        SETUP is normally run  interactively  and,  using  special  commands
   previously  placed  into  the  Master  Control File, prompts the user for
   various yes/no options and for  variable  parameters  to  substitute  for
   dummy  parameters  in the MCF.  SETUP then creates the batch control file
   based upon these responses from the user.  When SETUP  is  complete,  the
   user  must give a SUBMIT command to enter the batch control file into the
   batch processing queue.

        In addition  to  constructing  batch  job  streams,  SETUP  provides
   facilities for controlling inter-job dependencies, handling job restarts,
   and consolidating common sequences of job steps into a  minimum  of  disk
   files.    SETUP   also   provides   convenient   methods   for  isolating
   occasionally-changed parameters  such  as  year-end  dates  and  semester
   names.

        SETUP allows the user to specify two types  of  fields  for  storing
   information.   "Options"  are fields that may have only one of the values
   "yes" or "no" (or "true" and "false").  "Variables" and  "constants"  are
   fields that may hold arbitrary text strings (character strings containing
   zero or more characters).  Values for both options and variables  may  be
   set  via  user  input  or  via  other SETUP functions, however, values of
   constants are set without user interaction.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                             Page 4
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   II.      SETUP editing commands

        SETUP ignores all lines in the MCF which do not start with  a  SETUP
   command  after substituting the values of replacement strings.  All lines
   in the MCF are copied to the CTL file, although  those  containing  SETUP
   commands  may  be  altered,  thus  the batch LOG file will show the SETUP
   commands and their result as well as the batch statements, providing  for
   easier maintenance of the MCF and for better audit tracking.

   All the SETUP commands are of the form:

           ;Word ...

   where "word" is the command.  All commands must be  the  first  non-blank
   characters  on  a  line  and the command name must immediately follow the
   semicolon.  With this syntax, all SETUP commands appear  as  comments  to
   the batch system and are copied intact to the batch LOG file.

        The commands are:

           ;Abort [<text>]
           ;Ask [/verify] <text>
|          ;Begin [<name> [<text>]]
           ;Define Constant <constant-name> <text>
           ;Define Option <option-name> <text>
           ;Define [/allow][/default:"<text>"][/save][/verify] Variable
                            <variable-name> <text>
|          ;End [<name> [<text>]]
           ;Error <text> [//<text>]...
|          ;Error block [<name> [<text>]]
           ;File <file-spec> Found/<text>
           ;File <file-spec> Not-found/<text>
           ;Get [/define][/noecho] Option <option-name>
           ;Get [/define][/noecho] Variable <variable-name>
           ;If "<string1>" [not] = "<string2>"/<text>
           ;If "<string1>" [not] < "<string2>"/<text>
           ;If "<string1>" [not] > "<string2>"/<text>
           ;If "<string1>" [not] numeric/<text>
           ;Include [/begin] <filespec>
|          ;Leave [<name> [<text>]]
           ;Option <option-name>/<text>
           ;No-option <option-name>/<text>
|          ;Perform <file-spec> | block [<name>]
|             <variable-name>=("<text>"[,"<text>"]...) ...
|          ;Perform [/verify] <filespec> | block [<name>] <variable-name>
|             [,<variable-name>[,<variable-name>]]=<filespec>[,<filespec>]...
           ;Select [/allow][/default:"<text>"][/save][/verify] Option
                            <option-name> <text>
           ;Select [/allow][/default:"<text>"][/save][/verify] Variable
                            <variable-name> ("<text>",...,"<text>") <text>
           ;Type [<text>]

   where <text>  refers  to  any  string  of  characters  including  special
   characters  <option-name> is any string of letters, digits and/or hyphens
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   optionally enclosed in parentheses("(" and ")"), square brackets ("[" and
   "]")   or   angled   brackets   ("<"   and   ">");   <constant-name>  and
   <variable-name>  are  any  string  of  letters,  digits  and/or   hyphens
   beginning with "<" and ending with ">".  <file-spec> is any valid Tops-20
   filespec including structure, directory, filename and filetype and <name>
   is  a block name consisting of any combination of letters, digits and the
|  hyphen character.  <name> is a block name containing  1  to  36  letters,
|  digits or hyphens in any combination.

        All items in square brackets ("[" and "]")  are  optional  and  will
   modify  the  effect of the command if specified.  If specified, they must
   be typed exactly as given without the square brackets, but may usually be
   abbreviated.

        All abbreviations of one or more characters are valid;  for example,
   ;define  variable  may be abbreviated as ;def var or as just ;d v, though
   it is recommended that the full spelling be used in  production  MCFs  to
   reduce effects of future enhancements to SETUP.

        It is also suggested that the exclamation point character be used to
   identify  true  comments  in  the  MCF  rather  than  semicolon, to avoid
   confusion between comments and SETUP commands.

        The SETUP commands are described in detail on the following pages.



                                   Notation

   All characters used in this manual must be typed exactly as shown.
   The following meta-symbols are used:

            []              An item enclosed in square brackets is optional
                            but must be typed exactly as shown if used.  If
                            the item is another SETUP reserved word (i.e.
                            not enclosed in other meta-symbols), then it may
                            be abbreviated.

            <>              An item enclosed in brackets is a generic term
                            for a specific value that may be chosen by the
                            user.  For example; "<filespec>" means the user
                            should place in this position a valid TOPS-20
                            file specification.  Generally, the actual value
                            is not enclosed in angle brackets, however, in
                            the special case of variable names the angle
                            brackets are also required as part of the name.
                            (That is, the notation <<variable-name>> might
                            be more consistent, but has been shortened to
                            simply <variable-name> for convenience).

            ...             Ellipses indicate that the preceding element
                            may be repeated one or more times. If a special
                            delimiter (e.g. a comma) appears before the
                            item, then it should be used to separate every
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                             Page 6
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                            occurrence of the repeated item.

            (space)         Wherever a single space character is shown,
                            one or more occurrences of space and/or tab
                            characters may be used (in any combination).
                            Generally, spaces and/or tabs may precede
                            any occurrence of a slash ("/") and are not
                            always indicated in this manual.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                             Page 7
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                                ;Type [<text>]

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Type" command is used to type arbitrary text to the user.  The
   text is usually informative in nature to assist the user in selecting the
   options, defining the variables, and answering the questions given  later
   in  the MCF.  The lines are typed in the same order as they appear in the
   master control file and any previously  defined  variables  or  constants
   appearing  in  the  command  will  be  substituted  before the command is
   executed, thus showing the  user  their  value.   The  following  example
   illustrates the use of the ;Type command.

            MCF contents
              ;Type The options are: Alpha-sort, Account-sort, Dept-sort

            Terminal typescript
              The options are: Alpha-sort, Account-sort, Dept-sort

        Although  a  ;Type  command  normally  specifies  some  text  to  be
   displayed,  the  command  may  be  specified without any text in order to
   cause  vertical  paper  motion.   On  a  video  terminal   (e.g.    VT52,
   Perkin-Elmer  1100,  etc) a ;Type command without any text will clear the
   terminal screen.  If a blank line is desired in all situations,  a  slash
   may be included after the command;  for example,

            ;Type/

        If line continuation (see page 40) is used in a ;Type  command,  the
   displayed  text  will be divided into separate lines as it appears in the
   MCF.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                             Page 8
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                             ;Ask [/verify] <text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Ask" command is used to ask the user the question contained in
   the  <text>  and accept a one-line answer.  The answer obtained is placed
   by itself on the next line following the question.

        The optional switch "/VERIFY" causes SETUP to  repeat  the  question
   and display the user's response back on the terminal and request a yes/no
   verification that the response is correct.  If the  user  responds  "no",
   then  the  question  is  repeated  and the user may correct his response.
   This cycle will repeat until the user responds "yes" to the  verification
   request.   If the /VERIFY switch is specified, it must immediately follow
   the command ;Ask (intervening spaces or tabs are permitted), and  may  be
   abbreviated to just /V.

        The <text> prompt may contain a double slash ("//") anywhere  within
   it  and  SETUP  will display the text following the double slash on a new
   line.  This may be used to display a  columnar  guide  to  the  user  for
   assistance  in  completing  the  response.  The CTL file will contain the
   ;Ask command exactly as it appears in the MCF.  For example:

            MCF contents
              ;Ask Please enter the option card//*|-start-||--end--||-date-|

            Terminal typescript
              Please enter the option card
              *|-start-||--end--||-date-|

            CTL contents
              ;Ask Please enter the option card//*|-start-||--end--||-date-|

   Line continuation (see page 40) may also be used  to  display  multi-line
   prompts.

        It is strongly suggested that the response to ;Ask begin with one of
   the  characters "@" or "*" as appropriate for the context, although SETUP
   will not enforce this standard.

        The response to ;Ask must contain at least one  character.   If  the
   user  wishes  to  enter a blank line, one or more spaces must be typed in
   the response.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                             Page 9
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           ;Select [/allow] [/default:"<text>"] [/save] [/verify]
                                 option <option-name> <text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Select option" command is used to ask the  user  which  yes/no
   options  she wishes to use.  The <text> describing the option is typed to
   the user, then "<option-name> (y or n)? ".  The user  then  must  respond
   "y"  (or  "yes")  if  he wishes the option to be used or "n" (or "no") if
   not.  Once the option is selected, its value is then tested with  ;Option
   and ;No-option commands (see below).

   The following example illustrates the use of the ;Select command.

         MCF contents
            ;Select option Print-report Should the report file be printed?

         Terminal typescript
            Should the report file be printed?
            Print-report (y or n)?

        The  optional  switch  "/ALLOW"  in  the  command   specifies   that
   defaulting may be employed in responding to this command.  That is;  if a
   default value has been previously defined (see the discussion of Defining
   defaults in section IV), the user will be shown the default value and may
   take the default by typing only RETURN to the prompting message.  In  the
   following  example,  the  default  (yes) is shown in square brackets just
   before the question mark.

         MCF contents
            ;Sel/all opt Asort Do you want the report sorted alphabetically?

         Terminal typescript
            Do you want the report sorted alphabetically?
            Asort (y or n) [Y]?

        The optional switch "/DEFAULT:" specifies the "normal value" of  the
   option.  Its effect is identical to the /ALLOW switch with the difference
   that the default value is specified "in-line" in  each  MCF  rather  than
   externally in a special file of defaults.  The default value is specified
   in quotes after the switch and must begin with one of the letters "y"  or
   "n".   The  /DEFAULT:  switch is preferred over /ALLOW when the option is
   "local" to a specific MCF rather than "global" to several MCFs;  that is,
   if  the  same  option  is  used in many MCFs and has the same meaning and
   normal response in all of these MCFs then the /ALLOW switch  permits  the
   default  to  be  specified  externally  to the MCFs and provides a simple
   mechanism for making a single change to modify the default  response  for
   all  the  MCFs.   When the option has no such over-all significance, then
   the /DEFAULT:  switch is the  preferred  choice  as  it  provides  better
   "in-line"  documentation  for  the MCF.  The /DEFAULT:  switch may not be
   used with either /ALLOW or /SAVE.
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        The optional switch "/SAVE" in the  command  causes  SETUP  to  save
   whatever  response  the  user  gives for the purpose of displaying it the
   next time a ;Select/save command is executed with the same  option  name.
   Thus,  the  switch  will also cause the previously entered response to be
   displayed.  Note that a response  (either  yes  or  no)  must  always  be
   entered;   that  is,  the  response  may  only be defaulted if the /ALLOW
   switch is also specified.  The following example illustrates the  use  of
   this switch.

         MCF contents
            ;Sel/save opt Full-report Do you want the full report this time?

         Terminal typescript
            Do you want the full report this time?
            Full-report (y or n) [N]?

        The optional switch "/VERIFY" after  the  word  ;Select  will  cause
   SETUP  to  repeat  the  user's  response and ask her to verify that it is
   correct by again typing "yes" or "no" (yes it is correct,  or  no  it  is
   not).  If the user responds "no" (the previous response was not correct),
   SETUP will again display the prompting text and  ask  the  user  for  the
   value  of  the  option.   This option-value/verify cycle will be repeated
   until the user responds "yes" to the verification request.

        Any switches specified must  immediately  follow  the  word  ;Select
   (preceding  spaces  or tabs are allowed).  Any combination of switches is
   permitted and all switches may be abbreviated to  uniqueness;   that  is,
   /A, /S and /V.


                                     NOTE

                  Any option that is not defined in a ;Select
                  option  or ;Define option statement will be
                  treated as false ("no") if it is tested  in
                  an ;Option or ;No-option command.



   The option Restart is pre-defined by SETUP to be Yes if a  /TAG:   switch
   was  given (see SETUP Features below) or No otherwise and thus should not
   be used in a ;Select option command.

   If the /ALLOW switch is specified, but no default value has been  defined
   for  the  option  (see "Defining defaults" in Section IV) then SETUP will
   not allow only a carriage return, but will require a yes or no answer.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 11
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                         ;Option <option-name>/<text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Option" command is used to specify that the  following  <text>
   is  to  be  left  justified  at  the  beginning of the line if the option
   specified by <option-name> has the value  "yes".   For  example,  if  the
   control file contains:

           ;Option this-one/@Do this

   and option "this-one" was chosen in a ;Select option  or  ;Define  option
   command then the resulting control file will contain:

           ;Option this-one/
           @Do this

   If option "this-one" had the value "no",  then  the  resulting  CTL  file
   would contain:

           ;Option this-one/@Do this

   (no change from the MCF)

   Note that the "left justification" is done by making the <text>  start  a
   new  line,  following  the  philosophy  that everything in the MCF should
   appear in the CTL file.  Note also that if the option was  selected,  the
   remaining text is scanned again for a SETUP command as in

           ;Option this-one/;Define variable <number> How many of this one?

   If option this-one were selected, then the user would be prompted  for  a
   value for the variable "<number>".  If option this-one were not selected,
   variable <number> would  not  be  defined.   Please  see  the  additional
   comments below under "Conditional Commands".

        The <text> may contain several "logical" lines by inserting a double
   slash  ("//") at the line boundaries.  If the command is true (the option
   is yes), then SETUP will break the  text  into  multiple  physical  lines
   wherever the double slashes are specified and then will remove the double
   slashes.  For example:

            ;Option No-report/@Delete report.tmp//@Goto Next


        SETUP commands may not be specified following a double slash;   that
   is, in order to execute two ;Type commands if the option Sort is yes, the
   MCF must specify

            ;Option Sort/;Type The report will be sorted on department
            ;Option Sort/;Type rather than on identification number
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 12
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                                   CAUTION:

                  Double slashes also should not be  used  if
                  the    command   line   contains   multiple
                  conditional commands in sequence.  In  this
                  case,  the double slashes are replaced when
                  the first True condition is  found  without
                  regard  to  a following test which might be
                  False.   The  following   example   is   an
                  incorrect usage of double slashes.

                    ;No r1/;No r2/@Del report.tmp//@Goto Rep3

                  In this  example,  the  "@Goto  Rep3"  will
                  appear  on  a  new  line if option r1 is no
                  regardless of the value of option  r2.   In
                  certain  situations  it might be convenient
                  to do the following:

                    ;No r1/;No r2/;Def opt no-r-12 yes
                    ;Op no-r-12/@Del report.tmp//@Goto Rep3

|                 In this case, the ;Begin command can  serve
|                 the  same  purpose  and leads to a "cleaner
|                 looking" MCF.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 13
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                        ;No-option <option-name>/<text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";No-option" command is the converse  of  the  ;Option  command.
   The  text  following  the "/" is placed at the beginning of the next line
   when the <option-name> is not chosen as one of the options  to  be  used.
   For example, if the control file contains:

           ;No-option this-one/@Do this

   and option "this-one" had the value "no", the control file will contain:

           ;No-option this-one/
           @Do this

   If option "this-one" had the value "yes" the resulting control file would
   contain:

           ;No-option this-one/@Do this

   (no change from the MCF).

   Just as in ;Option, the <text> may  be  another  SETUP  command  and  may
   include double slashes to define multiple physical lines (see the caution
   on  the  preceding  page  regarding  multiple  conditional  commands   in
   sequence).  Please refer to the Conditional Command section below.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 14
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           ;Define [/allow] [/default:"<text>"] [/save] [/verify]
                                 variable <variable-name> <text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Define variable" command prompts  the  user  for  a  value  to
   replace  the string "<variable-name>" wherever that string appears in the
   MCF following the ;Define command.  The <text> is  typed  on  the  user's
   terminal  followed  by "<variable-name>=".  The user then types the value
   of the variable.  The string "<variable-name>" may appear anywhere in the
   master control file following the ;Define command, and all occurrences of
   the variable are replaced  with  the  new  value.   Note  that  only  the
   variable  is replaced, nothing else on the line is touched.  For example,
   one place a variable would be useful is in a PRINT command:

            ;Def var <copies> How many copies of the eom report?
             .
             .
             .
            @Print eom.rpt/copies:<copies>/forms:eom/delete

   If the user answered 5 to the  "How  many  copies"  question,  the  batch
   control file would contain:

            @Print eom.rpt/copies:5/forms:eom/delete

        The optional switches /ALLOW, /DEFAULT:, /SAVE and /VERIFY  function
   in  a  manner very similar to their function in the ;Select command.  The
   /ALLOW switch causes a default value to be displayed  and  the  user  may
   define  the  variable  to  be  the  default  by  typing  only RETURN when
   prompted.  For example:

         MCF contents
            ;Define/allow var <Report-heading> What is the report heading?

         Terminal typescript
            What is the report heading?
            <Report-heading> [Student Bill Summary]=

        Note that if no default value is defined (see page 43),  then  SETUP
   will always require the user to enter a value.

        The /DEFAULT:  switch specifies a "normal value"  for  the  variable
   that  will  be  displayed just as for /ALLOW and may be entered by simply
   typing carriage-return in response to the prompt.  The default  value  is
   specified  in  quotation  marks  following  the  switch.   /DEFAULT:   is
   preferred over /ALLOW when the variable is  "local"  to  a  specific  MCF
   rather  than  "global" to several MCFs;  that is, if the same variable is
   used in many MCFs and has the same meaning and normal response in all  of
   these  MCFs  then  the  /ALLOW switch permits the default to be specified
   externally to the MCFs and provides  a  simple  mechanism  for  making  a
   single  change to modify the default response for all the MCFs.  When the
   variable has no such over-all significance, then the /DEFAULT:  switch is
   the  preferred  choice  as it provides better "in-line" documentation for
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   the MCF.  The /DEFAULT:  switch may not be used in the same command  with
   /ALLOW and /SAVE.

        The /SAVE switch causes SETUP to display the previous response to  a
   ;Define/save  variable  command  for  the  same  variable and to save the
   current response to be displayed the next time a ;Define/save command  is
   executed  for this variable.  Note that the user must always type a value
   unless the /ALLOW switch is also specified.  If both /ALLOW and /SAVE are
   specified,  then  the  previous  value given for the variable may be used
   again by simply typing RETURN to the prompt.  The /SAVE switch  would  be
   useful  in  an  environment  where  the  value  of  a  variable  must  be
   incremented by 1 each time a job is submitted;  SETUP will show the  user
   the previous value, but will still require him to enter a value.

        The "/VERIFY" switch causes SETUP to repeat the user's  response  on
   her  terminal and asks him to verify its correctness by typing either yes
   or no.  If the user responds "no" (the previous response was not correct)
   then  SETUP  will  display  the  prompting  text  again and give the user
   another opportunity to give the variable a value.  This cycle will repeat
   until the user responds "yes" to the verification request.

        If switches are specified they  must  immediately  follow  the  word
   ";Define" (intervening spaces or tabs are permitted).  Any combination of
   switches is permitted and all switches may be abbreviated to  uniqueness;
   e.g.  /A, /S and /V.


                                     NOTE

                  Unless the /ALLOW switch is  specified  the
                  answer  to  a ;Define variable or a ;Select
                  option may not be  null.   That  is,  there
                  must  be  at  least  one  character  in the
                  answer.  If the user wants a blank for  the
                  answer  to  a  ;Define variable command, he
                  must type one.
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           ;Select [/allow] [/default:"<text>"] [/save] [/verify] variable
                  <variable-name> ("value1","value2",...,"valueN") <text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Select variable" command provides a means to prompt  the  user
   for  one of several possible choices for a variable.  Whereas the ;Define
   variable  command  allows  the  user  to  provide  a  completely  general
   replacement  string  for the variable, the ;Select variable command shows
   the user a list of values and asks her to choose one of them.

        The list of  possible  choices  for  the  variable  is  enclosed  in
   parentheses  after  the  variable  name  and  each  individual  choice is
   enclosed in quotation marks separated by a comma.  SETUP will construct a
   tabular  prompt from this list assigning a letter to each possible choice
   and ask the user to enter the letter corresponding to the value he wishes
   to choose.  Up to 26 possible values may be given for each variable.

   The following example illustrates the use of the ;Select variable
   command.

         MCF contents
            ;Select variable <label-type> ("1-UP-STICKY","3-UP-STICKY",
   "3-UP-HEATSEAL","1-UP-LARGE") What type of mailing labels do you want?
            ;Type You chose <label-type>

         Terminal typescript
            What type of mailing labels do you want?
            A. 1-UP-STICKY
            B. 3-UP-STICKY
            C. 3-UP-HEATSEAL
            D. 1-UP-LARGE
            <label-type>=c
            You chose 3-UP-HEATSEAL

         CTL contents
            ;Select variable <label-type> ("1-UP-STICKY","3-UP-STICKY",
   "3-UP-HEATSEAL","1-UP-LARGE") \3-UP-HEATSEAL\ What type of mailing
   labels do you want?
            ;Type You chose 3-UP-HEATSEAL

        Notice that as for ;Select option  and  ;Define  variable  commands,
   SETUP inserts the selected value into the command line in the CTL file as
   well as substituting it for the variable name in following lines.

        The optional "/ALLOW" switch specifies  that  the  user  may  use  a
   previously  defined  default  value  by  simply typing carriage-return in
   response to the prompt.  SETUP will show the user the full default  value
   (not  the  corresponding  letter)  in  brackets  just  as for the ;Define
   variable command.  Notice that it is possible for the default to  not  be
   included in the list of choices.
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        The optional switch "/DEFAULT:" performs a function almost identical
   to /ALLOW.  It specifies the "normal response" to the ;Select command and
   the user may choose this response by typing only a  carriage-return  when
   the prompt is issued.  The "normal value" is specified in quotation marks
   immediately after the /DEFAULT:  switch.  /DEFAULT:   is  preferred  over
   /ALLOW  when  the  variable  is  "local"  to  a  specific MCF rather than
   "global" to several MCFs;  that is, if the same variable is used in  many
   MCFs  and  has  the same meaning and normal response in all of these MCFs
   then the /ALLOW switch permits the default to be specified externally  to
   the  MCFs  and  provides a simple mechanism for making a single change to
   modify the default response for all the MCFs.  When the variable  has  no
   such  over-all  significance, then the /DEFAULT:  switch is the preferred
   choice as it provides better "in-line" documentation for  the  MCF.   The
   /DEFAULT:  switch may not be used in the same ;Select command with /ALLOW
   and /SAVE.

        The optional "/SAVE" switch causes SETUP to save  the  actual  value
   chosen  by  the  user  (not the corresponding letter).  In addition, if a
   value was previously /SAVEd,  SETUP  will  show  the  previous  value  in
   brackets.

        The optional switch  "/VERIFY"  causes  the  variable  value  to  be
   displayed  and the user is prompted for a yes/no answer as to whether the
   value is correct.  If the response is "no", then  SETUP  will  re-display
   the list and ask for another choice.
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                    ;Define constant <constant-name> <text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Define constant" command fulfills a function very  similar  to
   the  ;Define  variable  command.   In  the  ;Define constant statement no
   prompt is typed to the user, but the string "<constant-name>" is replaced
   by "<text>" wherever it appears in the MCF.

        The ;Define constant command would be useful in situations where the
   author  of  a  MCF  wanted to allow a simple method for changing a common
   parameter, but not require the SETUP user to type in a value  every  time
   the  MCF  is  read.  For example, a directory-name might be a constant so
   that it could be easily changed in the MCF at a later  time.   (A  unique
   "trick"  of  constants follows from the fact that constant/variable names
   look  like  Tops-20  directory  names:    if   the   MCF   contains   the
   directory-name  <Smith>  in  several  places, it can be changed by simply
   defining the constant <Smith> to be a different directory!)

   For example:

         MCF contents
            ;Define constant <semester> FALL
             .
             .
             .
            @Run Update
            *<semester>
             .
             .
             .
            @Print <semester>.rpt

         CTL contents
            ;Define constant <semester> FALL
             .
             .
             .
            @Run Update
            *FALL
             .
             .
             .
            @Print FALL.rpt

        This  example  assumes  that   the   constant   <semester>   changes
   periodically  but  remains  fixed  for long periods before being modified
   again.  Using the ;Define constant command  in  this  manner  allows  the
   periodic changes to be made quickly and with less chance for error.

   **** Note ****
   The special  constants  <current-day>,  <current-month>,  <current-year>,
|  <current-user-name>,    <current-hour>,   <julian-date>,   <job-id>   and
   <job-name> should not be used in a ;Define variable or a ;Define constant
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   command.   <job-id>  is  automatically defined by the /JOB-ID:  switch at
   exec command level.  See  section  III  SETUP  features  for  a  complete
   explanation  of  the  /JOB-ID:   switch  and  the <job-id> constant.  The
   constant <job-name> is pre-defined by SETUP to be the  file-name  of  the
   MCF,   not   including   the  file-type;   thus,  if  the  MCF  is  named
   REPORT-GENERATION.MCF <job-name> will have the value REPORT-GENERATION.

   <Current-day>,  <current-month>,  <current-year>  and  <julian-date>  are
   defined to have the corresponding numeric values of day, month, year, and
|  day-of-year respectively.  <Current-hour> contains the  2-digit  hour  of
|  the  day  and  <current-user-name> contains the logged-in username of the
|  current job.  See Section III for more details.
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                      ;Define Option <option-name> <text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Define Option" command is very  similar  in  function  to  the
   ;Define  Constant  command;  that is, no prompt is issued, but the option
   given in <option-name> will be given the value "Y" or "N" depending  upon
   the first character of the <text>.  For example,

           ;Define option <this-is-yes> yes

   would have the same end result as the command

           ;Select option <this-is-yes> Please type "YES" here

   except that the second command would request the user to type  something,
   and  the  first  would not.  This command might be useful to "recode" the
   user's previous responses rather than stringing out several  ;Option  and
   ;No-option commands (see the ;Option and ;No-option commands below).  For
   example, if the sequence of tests

           ;Option opta/;Option optb/;Option optc/...

   were to be used several times, the MCF (and CTL file) could be made  more
   concise by doing the following:

            ;Option opta/;Option optb/;Option optc/;Define option optabc yes
            ;Option optabc/...

        In this example, if any of the options "opta", "optb" or "optc"  had
   the  value  "no", then option "optabc" would not be defined and therefore
   treated as having the value "no".

        ;Define option might also be used to reduce the  number  of  prompts
   issued to the user;  for example,

            ;Select option All-reports Do you want all the reports?
            ;Option all-reports/;Define option account-report yes
            ;Option all-reports/;Define option dept-report yes
            ;Option all-reports/;Define option ssn-report yes
            ;No-option all-reports/;Sel opt Account-report Do you want the
   account sequence report?
            ;No-option all-reports/;Sel opt Dept-report Do you want the
   department sequence report?
            ;No-option all-reports/;Sel opt SSN-report Do you want the
   social-security number sequence report?


                                     NOTE

                  The  options  Restart,   Monday,   Tuesday,
                  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Friday, Saturday and
                  Sunday should not  be  used  in  a  ;Select
                  option  or  ;Define  option command.  SETUP
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                  provides  values  for  these   options   as
                  defined in Section III.  SETUP Features.



        ;Define option may also be used to set values for options that  were
   not  requested  from the user due to a restart (/TAG:  switch).  See page
   36, restarting jobs, for more details.
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                         ;Include [/begin] <filespec>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Include" command causes SETUP to process the  entire  text  of
   another  file  as  if  it were present in the original MCF just after the
   ;Include command.   All  SETUP  commands,  program  data,  etc.   in  the
   included  file  will  be placed into the CTL file just as for commands in
   the original MCF.  The ;Include command could be used,  for  example,  if
   several  MCF  procedures  were to execute a common sort procedure and the
   system designer wanted to be able to modify  that  sort  procedure  in  a
   single  disk  file  rather than modifying all the MCF procedures that use
   that sort.  The sort procedure could be written in a  separate  file  and
   ;Include'd in each MCF that needed it.

        When SETUP executes an ;Include command it  suspends  processing  of
   the  original  MCF, processes the entire ;Include'd file and then resumes
   processing the original MCF with the line following the ;Include  command
   (which  may  be  the  end-of-file).  If no device field is specified, the
   logical device MCF:  will be used.  If no file type  is  specified  SETUP
   will  first look for a file with the extension ".SCF" (Sub Control File).
   If this file does not exist SETUP will look for a file with the extension
   ".MCF".   If  neither  file is found an error message will be printed and
   SETUP will abort the CTL file.

        ;Include commands may be nested to as many levels as desired;   that
   is,  an ;Include'd file may ;Include another file and so on.  There is no
   limit to the number of files that may be ;Include'd in a single MCF.

   For example,
         MAIN.MCF
            ;Include courier-definition
             .
             .
             .
            @Print report.fil/courier:<courier>

         COURIER-DEFINITION.SCF
            ;Define constant <courier> 9900

         MAIN.CTL
            ;Include courier-definition \PS:<DC00>COURIER-DEFINITION.SCF.1\
            ;Define constant <courier> 9900
            ; end of PS:<DC00>COURIER-DEFINITION.SCF.1
             .
             .
             .
            @Print report.fil/courier:9900

        Note that SETUP inserts the full filespec of the included file  into
   the  CTL  file  and  indicates  the last line of the included file with a
   comment.
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        Included files may reference  variables,  constants  and/or  options
   that  have  been  previously  defined  in  the  original  MCF or in other
   ;Included files just as for statements in the original MCF.

        The optional switch /BEGIN will cause SETUP  to  execute  this  same
   ;Include  command  if  the  job  is  restarted  at  a  tag  following the
   ;Include/begin command via the /TAG:  SETUP switch.  This  feature  would
   be  used  in  constructing a job that was to execute a series of commands
   once and only once each time it was submitted by the user, regardless  of
   any  batch  CHKPNT  commands  in the job stream.  In addition, these same
   commands should be executed in the job stream if the user submits the job
   at an alternate entry point (tag).

        SETUP will execute the ;Include/begin  command  normally,  but  will
   "remember"  the  filespec given.  If the /TAG:  switch was also given the
   same file will be included immediately following the specified tag in the
   CTL  file.  If another ;Include/begin command is executed before reaching
   the tag, then the  old  filespec  is  "forgotten"  and  replaced  by  the
   filespec in the current ;Include/begin command.

        The ;Include/begin command must be in the MCF prior to the tag it is
   intended  to  affect.   The  following example illustrates a situation in
   which the /BEGIN switch might be used.

            ;Include/begin Job-startup-procedure
             .
             .
             .
            ! Restartable here if machine now crashes
            Step2::
            @Chkpnt Step2
             .
             .
             .

   If the job restarts automatically at tag STEP2, it should not execute the
   contents  of  JOB-STARTUP-PROCEDURE.SCF;   on  the  other hand, if a user
   submits the job manually to restart at tag STEP2, then  the  contents  of
   JOB-STARTUP-PROCEDURE.SCF should be executed.

|       Occasionally it is desirable to terminate an ;Included file prior to
|  the  physical  end-of-file.   In this case, the ;Leave command (without a
|  block name) may be used to  simulate  an  end-of-file.   Of  course,  the
|  ;Leave  may  be  preceded  by condition-testing commands to conditionally
|  terminate the ;Included file.
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                   ;File <filespec> found | not-found/<text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";File" command causes SETUP to look for the specified file  and
   left-justify  the  text after the slash if the file is or is not present,
   depending on the option "found" or "not-found".  The text may be  another
   SETUP  command,  such as a ;Type command to give a warning message to the
   user that a necessary  file  is  missing.   If  the  command  ";File  ...
   not-found" is used and the file is present, then SETUP leaves the command
   untouched in the CTL file.  Thus, the following  commands  would  display
   the message "Warning:  this file is not present" if the filename given by
   the user in response to the first prompt was not found.

           ;Define variable <file-name> What file is to be processed?
           ;File <file-name> not-f/;Type Warning: this file is not present

        In the previous example,  the  variable  <file-name>  in  the  ;File
   command  will  be  replaced  by  the  value specified by the user for the
   ;Define variable command before SETUP executes the ;File command.

        Conversely, if the command ";File ...  found" is used and  the  file
   specified  exists,  then  the <text> will be placed at the beginning of a
   new line.  If the file does not exist, the entire line will be placed  in
   the CTL just as it appears in the MCF.

        If the file specified in a ";File ...  not-found" command is present
   and  the  <text>  is  a  ;Select  option  command, the option will not be
   defined (the command will not be executed) and thus the  option  will  be
   treated  as  having  the  value "no" when tested later in the MCF.  Thus,
   assuming the file test.dat was present, the commands

            ;File test.dat not-f/;Sel opt <abort> Should I abort this job?
            ;Option <abort>/;Abort TEST.DAT is missing

   would not abort SETUP.  Conversely, the same result occurs  if  the  file
   specified  in  a ;File ..  found command is not present;  the option will
   be treated as false.

        The file specification may be any valid TOPS20  filespec  optionally
   including device and directory.  Wildcard characters ("*" and "%") may be
   included if desired.

        The <text> may include double slashes  to  indicate  more  than  one
   logical line.  When the <text> is left-justified, it will be divided into
   physical lines at the  double  slash  and  the  double  slashes  will  be
   deleted.  Please read the caution regarding multiple conditional commands
   in sequence at the end of the ;Option command  description  on  page  11.
   SETUP  commands  may  not  follow  a double slash.  The default device is
   DSK:, the default directory is the user's connected directory.  There are
   no  defaults  for file name and file type.  If the file is in a different
   directory from the user's connected directory, then the ;File ...   found
   command will fail (the file will be "not found") unless the user has read
   access to it.
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                                ;Abort [<text>]

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ";Abort" command may be used to cause SETUP to not write  a  CTL
   file if certain circumstances are encountered.  Such a situation might be
   a missing file from a ;File command or an inconsistent set  of  responses
   to several ;Select option commands.  When this command is executed, SETUP
   will display the message "?SETUP aborted" and immediately terminate.   If
   the  optional  <text>  is present, it will be displayed after the "?SETUP
   aborted" message.

        If the SETUP command is being executed from a .CMD file via the TAKE
   exec  command,  and the .CMD file contains a SUBMIT command following the
   SETUP command, the SUBMIT command will still be executed, but  will  fail
   with  the  message  "?File  not  found".   SETUP accomplishes an abort by
   deleting all generations of the CTL file before it begins reading the MCF
   file.   This  also means that there can never be more that one generation
   of the CTL file at any time.

        The name of the CTL file being created is a function of the name  of
   the  MCF  and  the  value  of the /JOB-ID:  switch (see Section III SETUP
   features) and ;Abort ignores any  other  CTL  files  generated  from  the
   current MCF but with different job-identifiers.

        If the job is being restarted (via a /TAG:  switch) and  the  ;Abort
   command is after the first batch tag in the MCF, but prior to the restart
   point then the ;Abort  command  will  not  be  executed  and  SETUP  will
   continue with the next line of the MCF.
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           ;Get [/define][/noecho] option | variable <name> [<name>]

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ;Get command may be used to retrieve the default or /SAVEd value
   of an option or variable without user interaction.  This provides another
   means of defining constant values of frequently used  parameters  similar
   to the use of the ;Include command to include a ;Define option or ;Define
   constant command.  When SETUP  retrieves  the  value  of  the  option  or
   variable,  it  displays  a  message  of  the form "<name>=<value>" on the
   terminal as a confirmation to the  user.   If  the  specified  option  or
   variable  does  not have a default value, SETUP will issue an appropriate
   message and ignore the ;Get command.

        For example, if the variable <fiscal-year> had been  defined  to  be
   "7980" with a Setup/variable command, the following MCF could be used:

         MCF contents
            ;Get variable <fiscal-year>
            @Copy GL<fiscal-year>.SEQ GLTEMP.SEQ

         Terminal Typescript
            <fiscal-year>=7980

         CTL contents
            ;Get variable <fiscal-year> \7980\
            @Copy GL7980.SEQ GLTEMP.SEQ

        Note that SETUP includes the retrieved value  in  the  CTL  file  in
   addition to displaying it on the user's terminal.

        The optional switch /DEFINE causes SETUP to retrieve the saved value
   of the first variable or option listed, but rather than defining the same
   name to have the retrieved  value,  the  second  variable  or  option  is
   defined  to  have  the  value and the first name is left undefined.  This
   might be used, for example, to compare the current value of a variable or
   option with its previous (default) value.

        The  optional  switch  /NOECHO  suppresses  the  displaying  of  the
   retrieved  value  on  the  user's  terminal.  It is recommended that this
   switch be used only when a later ;Type command will  show  the  retrieved
   value to the user.
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        ;If "<string1>" [not] = | [not] < | [not] > "<string2>" /<text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ;If command  provides  a  general  way  to  test  the  value  of
   constants  and  variables  against  other  predefined values.  ;If does a
   left-to-right  string  comparison  of  the  two  text  strings  given  in
   quotation  marks  and places the <text> at the beginning of a new line if
   the specified condition is true.  The defined conditions are <string1> is
   equal  to  <string2>  ("="),  <string1>  is  less than <string2> ("<") or
   <string1> is greater than <string2> (">").  The sense  of  any  of  these
   conditions  may  be  reversed  by  including  the  word  "not" before the
   condition.  The comparison is made using the  ASCII  collating  sequence,
   with  lowercase  letters  equivalent to uppercase letters and padding the
   shorter string on the right with  spaces  if  necessary.   The  following
   example illustrates the use of this command.

         MCF contents
            ;Define var <variable> Enter the test value
            ;If "<variable>" not = "testval" /;Type You entered a bad value

         Terminal typescript
            Enter the test value
            <variable>=foo

            You entered a bad value

        Note that when the ;If command in this example is actually executed,
   the  command  will  appear as ';If "foo" not = "testvalue" /;Type...' and
   will appear in the  CTL  file  this  way  after  the  variable  value  is
   substituted.   As in other conditional commands, if the test is false and
   the <text> contains a ;Select option command, the specified  option  will
   be treated as false ("no").

        If specified, the modifier "not" may not be abbreviated, but may  be
   preceded and/or followed by any number of spaces or tabs.

        The <text> may include double slashes  to  indicate  more  than  one
   logical  line.   When the ;If command is true, the <text> will be divided
   into physical lines where the double slashes are specified and the double
   slashes  will  be  removed.   Please  read the caution on page 11.  SETUP
   commands may not be specified following a double slash.   Double  slashes
   also  should  not  be used when multiple conditional commands are used in
   sequence.
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                     ;If "<string>" [not] numeric /<text>

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        This form of the ;If command allows a variable value  to  be  tested
   for  non-numeric  characters.   The  only  characters  that will pass the
   numeric test are the digits 0 through 9.  If  the  string  contains  only
   these  digits  then  the  <text> will be placed at the beginning of a new
   line;  otherwise the line will remain unchanged.  If the optional keyword
   "not"  is  included,  then the <text> will be placed on a new line if any
   non-digit appears in the string.  For example:

         MCF contents
            ;Define variable <date> What is the report date (YYMMDD)?
            ;If "<date>" not numeric/;Abort Invalid date entered

         Terminal typescript
            What is the report date (YYMMDD)?
            <date>=foo

            ?SETUP aborted: Invalid date entered

         CTL contents (if ;Abort were not used)
            ;Define variable <date> \foo\ What is the report date (YYMMDD)?
            ;If "foo" not numeric/
            ;Abort Invalid date entered

        Note that only the digits are considered to be  numeric  characters;
   leading  or  trailing spaces, minus signs, etc.  will cause the string to
   be considered "not numeric".
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                           ;Error <text> [//<text>]...

|                          ;Error block [<name> [<comment>]] 
|                                    .
|                                    .
|                                    .
|                                  ;End [<name>]

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ;Error command causes SETUP to construct  an  "error  block"  of
   commands  that  will  be executed when the job runs in the event that the
   preceding job command causes an error in the batch job.  In  the  current
   implementation,  ;Error is very similar to the batch @If (ERROR) command.
   The batch command, however, allows only a single command to  be  executed
   if  an  error  occurs, and frequently it is desirable to execute multiple
   commands.  SETUP provides a concise syntax for performing this  function,
   making the MCF more readable.

        The <text> following the command name are  batch  statements  to  be
   placed on separate lines within the error block.  Two consecutive slashes
   in the ;Error command indicate where the command is  to  be  broken  into
   separate statements.

   The following example illustrates the use of this command.

         MCF contents
             .
             .
             .
            @Copy daily.fil trans.fil
            ;Error @Journal "Daily.fil does not exist"//@Goto Abort
             .
             .
             .

         CTL contents
             .
             .
             .
            @Copy daily.fil trans.fil
            ;Error
            @If (noerror) @Goto XX0001
            @Journal "Daily.fil does not exist"
            @Goto Abort
            XX0001::
             .
             .
             .

        Note that in the current implementation,  SETUP  inserts  the  batch
   converse  command  "@If  (noerror)"  to  skip over the block.  SETUP will
   construct a unique batch tag name for each ;Error command, thus  removing
   the possibility of error in matching tag names and inadvertently skipping
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   to the wrong part of the  CTL  file.   It  is  strongly  urged  that  the
   statements begin with one of the characters "@" or "*" as appropriate for
   the context, although SETUP will not enforce this standard.

        In order to make the MCF more readable, it is  suggested  that  line
   continuation be used to indicate the logical line breaks.  For example:

            ;Error -
            ;+      @Journal "FILE-MAINTENANCE.DAT is missing"//-
            ;+      @Delete work.fil//-
            ;+      @Goto Abort

        Note that even when line continuation is used  it  is  necessary  to
   include the double slashes to indicate line breaks.

|       The  "block"  keyword  allows  a  block  structure  to  be  used  in
|  formatting the commands to be executed upon an error rather than the line
|  continuation syntax.  The previous  example  written  as  a  block  would
|  appear as follows:
|  
|           ;Error block No-maint
|                   @Journal "FILE-MAINTENANCE.DAT is missing"
|                   @Delete work.fil
|                   @Goto Abort
|                   ;End No-maint
|  
|       The keyword "block" and the ;End command define the commands  to  be
|  included  in the error handling procedure.  The optional block name after
|  the word "block" and after the ;End command serves  as  documentation  to
|  match  the  start  and  end of the block.  SETUP compares block names for
|  validation purposes as described under the ;End command.
|  
|       The block  structure  allows  additional  SETUP  commands  (such  as
|  ;Option  and  ;No-option)  to be used within the block.  Refer to Section
|  III for a complete description of blocks.
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       ;Perform <filespec> <variable>=("<text>",...) [<variable>=...]...

|    ;Perform block [<name>] <variable>=("<text>",...) [<variable>=...]...

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        The ;Perform  command  provides  a  function  very  similar  to  the
   ;Include  command.   Whereas  the  ;Include  command  only  "inserts" the
   contents of another file into the text of  the  CTL  file,  the  ;Perform
   command  in  addition  allows  substitution  of  the  values of a list of
   variables used in that inserted file.  The ;Perform  command  provides  a
   means of inserting the same skeleton file into the CTL several times with
   differing values of several variables.

        The full syntax  of  the  ;Perform  command  is:   (1)  the  command
   ";Perform",  (2) a TOPS-20 filespec (device and file type default to MCF:
   and .SCF or .MCF respectively), (3) one or more of  (3a)  variable  name,
   (3b) equals sign, (3e) list of values to replace the variable, each value
   in quotes and the entire list in parentheses.

   For example:

         MAIN.MCF contents:
            ;Perform sub <name> = ("file1","file2") <type>=("type1","type2")

         SUB.SCF contents:
            @Directory <name>.<type>

         Will produce:
            ;Perform sub \PS:<DC00>SUB.SCF.1\ <name> = ("file1","file2"
   ) <type>=("type1","type2")
            @Directory file1.type1
            ; end of PS:<DC00>SUB.SCF.1
            @Directory file2.type2
            ; end of PS:<DC00>SUB.SCF.1

        Note that the full filespec of the inserted  file  is  displayed  by
   SETUP  on  the  command  line  in  the CTL file, and that SETUP inserts a
   comment line indicating the end of the inserted file.  If no file type is
   specified,  SETUP  will look for a file with the type ".SCF".  If no such
   file exists, SETUP will look for a file with the type ".MCF".  If neither
   file exists SETUP will display an error message and abort the CTL file.

        Currently, SETUP allows up to five  variables  to  be  listed  in  a
   ;Perform  command.   As  for ;Include, ;Perform commands may be nested to
   any depth;  that is, a ;Performed SCF may ;Perform another SCF.  ;Perform
   and ;Include commands may both be used in the same MCF.

        After the ;Perform command is complete, the variables listed in  the
   command will be left undefined and therefore may be used again in another
   ;Perform command.
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|       The keyword "block" when used  in  place  of  a  file  specification
|  allows  the text of the performed file to be written "in-line" in the MCF
|  rather than in an external file.   The  optional  block  name  after  the
|  keyword  will  be  matched with a following ;End command to determine the
|  start and end of the block.  The block structure would be used  in  cases
|  where the sequence of commands is executed only by this MCF and therefore
|  does not warrant being written as a separate disk file.
|  
|  The previous example written as a block would appear as follows:
|  
|        MAIN.MCF contents:
|           ;Perform block dir <name> = ("file1","file2") <type>=
|  ("type1","type2")
|                   @Directory <name>.<type>
|                   ;End Dir
|  
|        Will produce:
|           ;Perform block dir <name> = ("file1","file2") <type>=
|  ("type1","type2")
|           @Directory file1.type1
|           ;End Dir
|           @Directory file2.type2
|           ;End Dir
|  
|       The optional block name is used to document the start and end  of  a
|  particular  block  and  is  verified by SETUP as described under the ;End
|  command.
|  
|       Performed blocks may be  nested  just  as  performed  files  may  be
|  nested.   Refer  to  the  description of blocks in Section III for a more
|  detailed explanation.
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           ;Perform [/verify] <filespec> <variable>[,<variable>
                                    [,<variable>]]=filespec[,filespec]

|          ;Perform [/verify] block [<name>] <variable>[,<variable>
|                                   [,<variable>]]=filespec[,filespec]

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        This form of the ;Perform command includes  another  SCF  for  every
   occurrence  of a disk file matching one of the file specifications listed
   following the equals sign.  For example, to run a pre-edit program on all
   files whose names end in .DAT, the command might be

            ;Perform Pre-edit <input-file>=*.dat

   In this example the contents of PRE-EDIT.SCF will be included in the  CTL
   file  once  for  every occurence of a file whose name ends in .DAT.  Each
   time the contents of PRE-EDIT.SCF are  read,  the  variable  <input-file>
   will  be defined to have a new value, the value being one of the matching
   filenames.

        The first variable specified in the command will be defined to  have
   the  full  file  name,  minus generation number, of the file matching the
   specification.  This value will always include the filename and  filetype
   and  will  include the structure and directory if they are not the user's
   connected structure or directory.

        A second variable may be given that will  be  defined  to  have  the
   characters of the filename that match the wildcard characters (if any) in
   the file specification.  For example, if the file AD001.DAT  exists  then
   the command

            ;Perform pre-edit <input-file>,<file-id>=AD*.dat

   would  cause  PRE-EDIT.SCF  to  be  included  once  with   the   variable
   <input-file>  having  the  value  "AD001.DAT"  and the variable <file-id>
   having the value "001".

        SETUP determines the value of the second variable by  comparing  the
   specific  file  name  with the matching filespec in the ;Perform command.
   The comparison is  done  left  to  right  until  the  first  mismatch  is
   detected;   next the names are compared right to left until a mismatch is
   found again.  The value of the variable is all the characters between the
   first  and  second  positions  defined  by  these comparisons.  Thus, the
   filespec may contain multiple wildcard characters and a unique  value  of
   the  second  variable will still be defined.  (Note that if the wildcards
   are on opposite sides of the "." in the file name then the variable value
   will include the period also.

        If a structure and/or directory was specified in the  command,  then
   the  determination of the second variable value will include these fields
   in the comparison;  thus the specification "<*>MAINT.DAT"  will  retrieve
   all the directory names of the matching files as the values of the second
   variable.
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        The third variable, if specified, will be defined  to  be  a  unique
   three-digit  sequence  number  for  every  iteration of the included SCF.
   This sequence number starts at zero for each invocation of SETUP  and  is
   incremented every time a file is found matching the file specification in
   the command.  This number is never reset, thus  a  second  ;Perform  will
   again  increment this sequence number.  The third variable may be used to
   construct unique tags for checkpointing purposes.

        If the optional switch /VERIFY is specified, SETUP will display  the
   file  name  and  request  a  yes  or  no  response from the user prior to
   including the SCF for that file.  If the user responds  with  "no",  then
   SETUP  will ignore the file and skip to the next matching file name.  For
   the following example, assume the files AD054.DAT and DL068.DAT exist.

         PRE-EDIT.SCF
            EDT<sequence-number>::
            @Chkpnt EDT<sequence-number>
            @Vdirectory <input-file>
            @Copy <input-file> editin.seq
            @Run Predit
            !PREDIT reads file id for report title
            *<file-id>
            @Vdirectory predit.rpt
            @Append predit.rpt pre-edit.report
            @Delete predit.rpt,editin.seq

         MAINT.MCF
             .
             .
             .
            ;Perform pre-edit <input-file>,<file-id>,<sequence-number>
   =AD*.DAT,DL*.DAT
             .
             .
             .

         CTL file
             .
             .
             .
            ;Perform pre-edit \PS:<DC00>PRE-EDIT.SCF.5\ <input-file>,
   <file-id>,<sequence-number>=AD*.DAT,DL*.DAT
            EDT001::
            @Chkpnt EDT001
            @Vdirectory AD054.DAT
            @Copy AD054.DAT editin.seq
            @Run Predit
            !PREDIT reads file id for report title
            *054
            @Vdirectory predit.rpt
            @Append predit.rpt pre-edit.report
            @Delete predit.rpt,editin.seq
            ; End of PS:<DC00>PRE-EDIT.SCF.5
            EDT002::
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            @Chkpnt EDT002
            @Vdirectory DL068.DAT
            @Copy DL068.DAT editin.seq
            @Run Predit
            !PREDIT reads file id for report title
            *068
            @Vdirectory predit.rpt
            @Append predit.rpt pre-edit.report
            @Delete predit.rpt,editin.seq
            ; End of PS:<DC00>PRE-EDIT.SCF.5
             .
             .
             .

        If there are no existing files to match  the  specification  in  the
   ;Perform  command,  SETUP  will  print an error message and abort the CTL
   file.  This error may be trapped by including a ;File  command  prior  to
   the ;Perform command.

        When all matching filespecs have been found, the variables  used  in
   the  ;Perform  command  are  left  undefined  and may be used in a second
   ;Perform command.

|       The keyword "block" when used  in  place  of  a  file  specification
|  allows  the text of the performed file to be written "in-line" in the MCF
|  rather than in an external file.   The  optional  block  name  after  the
|  keyword  will  be  matched with a following ;End command to determine the
|  start and end of the block.  The block structure would be used  in  cases
|  where the sequence of commands is executed only by this MCF and therefore
|  does not warrant being written as a separate disk file.
|  
|       The optional block name is used to document the start and end  of  a
|  particular  block  and  is  verified by SETUP as described under the ;End
|  command.
|  
|       Performed blocks may be  nested  just  as  performed  files  may  be
|  nested.   Refer  to  the  description of blocks in Section III for a more
|  detailed explanation.

        As for ;Include  and  the  variable-list  format  of  ;Perform,  the
   default  device for the performed file is MCF:  and the default file type
   is ".SCF".  If the file type is defaulted and no file with the  extension
   ".SCF"  exists,  SETUP  looks  for  a file with the extension ".MCF".  If
   neither file exists SETUP displays an error message and  aborts  the  CTL
   file.
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|                         ;Begin [<name> [<comment>]]
|  
|                            - - - - - - - - - - -
|  
|       The ;Begin command defines the start of a block of lines in the  MCF
|  written  to  execute  a particular function.  A line contained within the
|  block is treated just as every other line in the MCF;  that is, the  line
|  may  be  either  a  SETUP  command  to be executed or a line to be copied
|  verbatim  to  the  control  file.   Variables,  constants   and   options
|  referenced  within  a block will be treated exactly the same as outside a
|  block.
|  
|       The block structure is used after a  conditional  command  (;Option,
|  ;No-option, ;If and/or ;File) to define an entire sequence of lines to be
|  analyzed if  and  only  if  the  condition  is  true.   This  concept  is
|  particularly useful when other SETUP commands are included in the block.
|  
|  The following example illustrates two forms of the same  MCF,  the  first
|  without blocks and the second using the block structure.
|  
|        Example 1: without blocks
|           ;Select option <sorted-report> Do you want a sorted report?
|           ;Option <sorted-report>/;Select option <name-dept> -
|           ;+  Do you want the name sort (yes) or the department sort (no)?
|           ;Option <sorted-report>/;Option <name-dept>/ -
|           ;+      ;Define constant <order> NAME
|           ;Option <sorted-report>/;No-option <name-dept>/ -
|           ;+      ;Define constant <order> DEPARTMENT
|           ;No-option <sorted-report>/@Goto Nosort
|           @Run SRTRPT
|           *<order>
|           @Print SRTRPT.PRT
|           Nosort::
|  
|        Example 2: using blocks
|           ;Select option <sorted-report> Do you want a sorted report?
|           ;Option sorted-report/;Begin Sorted-report
|                   ;Select option <name-dept> Do you want the name sort
|  (yes) or the department sort (no)?
|                   ;Option <name-dept>/;Define constant <order> NAME
|                   ;No-option <name-dept>/;Define const <order> DEPARTMENT
|                   @Run SRTRPT
|                   *<order>
|                   @Print SRTRPT.RPT
|                   ;End Sorted-report
|  
|       In the second example, the lines following the ;Begin command up  to
|  the  ;End command will not be executed (in particular, the ;Select option
|  <name-dept> will not be executed) if the response to the first select  is
|  "no".
|  
|       When a block is not executed, the  control  file  will  contain  the
|  ;Begin  and  ;End  commands but none of the lines between these two.  All
|  SETUP commands  will  be  ignored  with  the  exception  of  other  block
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|  definition  commands  (i.e.   ;Begin, ;Error block, ;Perform block) where
|  SETUP will further validate the inner block boundaries.  Indentation  may
|  be  used  as  in the previous example to offset the contents of the block
|  and SETUP will remove the indentation (any  number  of  spaces  or  tabs)
|  before writing the line(s) to the CTL file.
|  
|       An optional block name may be specified after the command to briefly
|  document  the  function  of the block and to allow SETUP to compare block
|  names when the ;End command is reached.  That is,  if  the  corresponding
|  ;End  command  specifies  a  different  block name than the current block
|  name, SETUP will print an error message.  The block name also  makes  the
|  MCF  easier  to  follow,  as  ;Begin and ;End commands can be more easily
|  matched.
|  
|       Following the block name, the MCF may contain a comment  to  further
|  document  the  function of the block.  SETUP will copy the comment to the
|  CTL file, but otherwise ignore it.
|  
|  Refer to Section III for a more complete description of blocks.
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   ***** SETUP commands


|                          ;End [<name> [<comment>]]
|  
|                            - - - - - - - - - - -
|  
|       The ;End command serves to document the end  of  a  block  that  was
|  started  with  a  ;Begin,  ;Error  block or ;Perform block command.  If a
|  block name is specified, SETUP will  compare  the  given  name  with  the
|  current  block  name and print an error message if the names do not match
|  (un-named blocks are assumed to have an "empty" name  and  thus  no  name
|  will be permitted on the corresponding ;End command).
|  
|       Following the block name the MCF may contain a comment.  SETUP  will
|  copy the comment to the CTL file but otherwise ignore it.
|  
|       If no block name is specified,  then  the  current  block  is  ended
|  regardless of its name;  that is, not specifying a block name effectively
|  defeats the block boundary validation performed by SETUP.
|  
|       Normally the ;End command is copied to the control file  exactly  as
|  it appears in the MCF, however, if the block being ended is nested within
|  another block that is not being executed (such as an  ;Option  .../;Begin
|  sequence)  then the ;End command will not appear in the CTL file although
|  it will still be executed in order to validate the block boundaries.
|  
|  Refer to Section III for a complete description of blocks.
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|                         ;Leave [<name> [<comment>]]
|  
|                            - - - - - - - - - - -
|  
|       The ;Leave command causes SETUP to ignore the following  line(s)  of
|  the  MCF  until  the  end of the current block is reached.  ;Leave may be
|  specified following a conditional command in order to suppress  execution
|  of the remainder of a block in a specified circumstance.
|  
|       If a block name is  specified  on  the  ;Leave  command  SETUP  will
|  compare  the  given  name  to  the name of the current block and print an
|  error message if the names do not match.  Following the name, the MCF may
|  contain  a comment describing the reason for suppressing the remainder of
|  the block.  SETUP will copy the entire line to the CTL file, ignoring the
|  comment.   If  the current block is un-named, then no name or comment may
|  be specified on the ;Leave command.
|  
|       The ;Leave command may also be used within ;Included  or  ;Performed
|  files  to  terminate  processing of the file prior to the physical end of
|  the file.  In this case, no block name or comment should be specified.
|  
|  Refer to Section III for a more complete description of blocks.
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   ***** Conditional Commands


        The
           ;Option <option-name>/<text>
   and
           ;No-option <option-name>/<text>

   commands may be used to reduce the amount of  user  dialog  necessary  to
   create  the  control  file  by  selectively  prompting  for  options  and
   variables and/or effectively assigning default values to options.

   For example, in an older version of SETUP the following MCF:

            ;Select option rpt Do you want to produce the report?
            ;Select option sort Does the report file need sorting?
            ;Define variable <date> What date goes on the report?

   would produce this dialog:

            Do you want to produce the report?
            rpt (y or n)? n

            Does the report file need sorting?
            sort (y or n)? n

            What date goes on the report?
            <date>=none

   If option rpt did not need to be selected on this run then the  next  two
   lines  of  the  MCF  should not even be considered.  To avoid these extra
   inquiries the MCF could be re-written to look like this:

            ;Select option rpt Do you want to produce the report?
            ;Option rpt/;Sel opt sort Does the report file need sorting?
            ;Option rpt/;Def var <date> What date goes on the report?

   the user dialog would be:

            Do you want to produce the report?
            rpt (y or n)? n

        Since option rpt was not selected above,  the  questions  concerning
   sort  and <date> were not asked but the ;Option command caused the option
   sort to default automatically to a "no" answer and the variable <date> to
   not being replaced when encountered in the MCF.  However, if rpt had been
   selected then the dialog would have been exactly the same as if there had
   been no ;Option commands present.

        Since ;Option and ;No-option commands can be  nested  to  any  level
   (limited  only  by  the  maximum  length  of a MCF line) the selection of
   options and definition of variables can be made to  depend  on  which  of
   several  other  options  have  already  been  defined.   A logical AND is
   performed on all the <option-name>s following each ;Option and ;No-option
   command  until  one  of  the  <option-name>s  is false.  In the following
   example:
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   ***** Conditional Commands


           ;Opt a/;No-opt b/;Opt c/;Def var <form> What kind of forms?

   The variable <form> would only be  defined  if  option  a  was  selected,
   option  b  was  not  selected,  and  option c was selected.  If any other
   condition were to exist for options a, b, or c then <form> would  not  be
   defined.

        If the option-name in an ;Option command is  not  selected,  or  the
   option-name   in   an  ;No-option  command  is  selected,  then  options,
   variables, and constants will be handled as follows on commands given  on
   the same line following the ;Option or ;No-option command:

       ;S o - The <option-name> following the ;Select will be treated in all
              succeeding  occurrences as if it were not selected.  That is a
              ;No-option <option-name>/ would be successful but  an  ;Option
              <option-name>/ would be ignored.

       ;S v - The  <variable-name>  will  not  be  defined  and  the  string
              "<variable-name>"  will  not be replaced if it is found in the
              MCF.

       ;D c - The ;Define constant command will be effectively ignored,  and
              the  string  "<constant-name>"  will  not be replaced if it is
              found in the MCF.

       ;D v - The ;Define variable command will be ignored just  as  ;Define
              constant  and  no  attempt to replace "<variable-name>" in the
              MCF will be made.

       ;D o - The ;Define option command will also be ignored and the  named
              option will default to the value "no".

        Normally each <option-name> in the ;Option or ;No-option command has
   been  previously  selected  in  a ;Select statement, defined in a ;Define
   option statement,  or  been  retrieved  with  a  ;Get  option  statement,
   however,  an  option  may  be  tested in an ;Option or ;No-option command
   without having been defined and the command will be executed  as  if  the
   option were defined to be "no".
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   III.  SETUP features

        SETUP inserts the value of a selected option or a  defined  variable
   into  the  control  file immediately following the option or variable.  A
   backslash ("\") is used to delimit this value.  For example if  option  a
   was  selected  and  the  variable <date> was defined as 10-22-52 then the
   control file might look like this:

            ;Select option a \Y\ Want to run opt a?
            ;No-option a/;Select option b Want to run opt b?
            ;Define variable <date> \10-22-52\ Insert your birth date?
            ;No-option a/;Define variable <copies> How many copies?

   This is very useful when trying to debug a MCF  because  the  option  and
   variable values appear just as they were selected and defined.

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        SETUP looks for the MCF file on logical device  MCF:   if  no  other
   device is specified.  If this device is not defined, the message

           % MCF file not found

   will be printed and SETUP will abort.  The file  specification  to  SETUP
   may  also  include  the directory in which the MCF file resides.  The CTL
   file will always be written into the device DSK:  (normally the connected
   directory).

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        SETUP processes the MCF in a single pass on a line  by  line  basis.
   Therefore  any options selected or constants and variables defined may be
   used immediately on following lines.

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        In many cases it is desirable to be able to submit several  versions
   of  the  same  job  at once.  For example, a reporting program may be run
   several times with different report options.  SETUP  always  chooses  the
   name of the CTL file it creates based upon the name of the MCF file it is
   reading.  In addition, in order  to  make  the  ;Abort  command  function
   properly  (see  the  description  of  this  command in section II.) SETUP
   always deletes any previous generations of the CTL file before it  begins
   writing the new file.  Therefore, a facility exists to allow the same MCF
   file to be used to produce several different CTL files at the same  time.
   This  facility  is  the  "/JOB-ID:" switch which may be given at the exec
   command level when SETUP is called (see section IV.  Running SETUP).   If
   /JOB-ID:  is specified it may be followed by a 1-to-6 character word (any
   combination of letters, numbers and hyphens).  This word will be appended
   to  the  name of the MCF file, separated by a hyphen, to produce the name
   of the CTL file.  Thus, different /JOB-ID:'s may be used  with  the  same
   MCF  file  to  produce different CTL files.  In addition to producing the
   name of the CTL file, the /JOB-ID:  switch  causes  SETUP  to  internally
   execute  a  ;Define  constant  <job-id>  command  where  the value of the
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   ***** Features


   constant is the 1-word job-id specified.  This allows the text of the MCF
   file  to  use the job identifier in any manner desired (as for example, a
   DELETE FOO-<JOB-ID>.CTL command at the end of the file).

        If no /JOB-ID:  switch is specified at command level, then  the  CTL
   file  name  will  be  exactly the same as the MCF file name with the file
   type of .CTL, and the constant <job-id> will  have  a  null  value.   The
   following example assumes the file REPORT.MCF exists.

            @SETUP REPORT
                    .
                    .
                    .
               (SETUP runs)
                    .
                    .
                    .
            [REPORT.CTL.1 created]
            @

            ----------------------------------------------

            @SETUP REPORT/JOB-ID:ALPHA
                    .
                    .
                    .
               (SETUP runs)
                    .
                    .
                    .
            [REPORT-ALPHA.CTL.1 created]
            @

        Corresponding to the <job-id>  constant  defined  by  SETUP  is  the
   <job-name>  constant.   The value of <job-name> is defined to be the name
   of the MCF;  in the preceding example, <job-name> would be "REPORT".

                             - - - - - - - - - - -

        It is frequently necessary (unfortunately) to restart long jobs from
   a  checkpoint.   In  these cases, the normal user prompts issued from the
   MCF may not be entirely applicable (the job may  have  already  completed
   the  transaction  edit  step, for example so there is no point asking the
   user the name of the transaction file).   To  handle  this  situation,  a
   /TAG:   switch  may  be specified after the MCF name in the SETUP command
   line and SETUP will suppress all terminal activity  occurring  after  the
   first  occurrence  of  a batch label but before the specified tag.  Thus,
   ;Ask, ;Define variable, ;Select option, ;Select variable ;Type and ;Abort
   commands will all be ignored.

        These commands will truly be ignored;  that is, variables  will  not
   be  defined and therefore not substituted and options will not be defined
   (and will therefore default to "no").  All  commands  not  involving  the
   terminal (e.g.  ;Define constant, etc.) will be executed as normal.
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        SETUP will also define the option RESTART to  be  "yes"  if  a  /TAG
   switch  was  entered, and "no" otherwise.  The option Restart may be used
   to control execution of  other  commands  such  as  ;file  that  are  not
   automatically  suppressed  by  SETUP.   Note  that  the option Restart is
   defined by SETUP when a /TAG:  switch is specified to SETUP, not  when  a
   job is restarted automatically by the batch system.  If SETUP reaches the
   end of the MCF without finding the specified tag, an error  message  will
   be  issued  and  SETUP  will  abort  the CTL file.  The following example
   illustrates the use of the /TAG:  switch.

         TEST.MCF

            ;Type This is an example of the use of the /TAG: switch
            ;Option restart /;Type Terminal i/o will now stop

            Begin::
            ;Type This line will not be seen if /TAG: was specified
            ;Define variable <test> This variable will not be defined

            Step2::
            ;Option restart /;Type Terminal i/o will now resume
            ;Type The value of variable "test" is <test>



         Terminal typescript

            @SETUP TEST
            SETUP version 5(56)

            This is an example of the use of the /TAG: switch
            This line will not be seen if /TAG: was specified

            This variable will not be defined
            <test>=no tag

            The value of variable "test" is no tag

            [TEST.CTL.1 complete]

            - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

            @SETUP TEST/TAG:STEP2
            SETUP version 5(56)

            This is an example of the use of the /TAG: switch
            Terminal i/o will now stop
            Terminal i/o will now resume
            The value of variable "test" is <test>

            [TEST.CTL.2 complete]
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        In  addition  to  the  option  Restart,  SETUP  defines  the  option
   RESTART-<tagname>  to  be yes where <tagname> is the tag specified in the
   /TAG:  switch.  This may be used as in the following MCF.

             .
             .
             .
            Step2::
             .
             .
             .
            ;Select option Detail-report Do you want the posting detail?
            ;Option restart-dtlrpt/;Define option detail-report yes
            ;Option detail-report/;Include Detail-report
             .
             .
             .

        In this example, if the  user  specifies  SETUP.../TAG:DTLRPT,  then
   SETUP  will  not execute the ;Select command.  Therefore the value of the
   option Detail-report would be "no".  If the first  ;Option  command  were
   not  present  then  DETAIL-REPORT.SCF  would  not be included and the tag
   DTLRPT (which is inside DETAIL-REPORT.SCF) would not be found.  The first
   ;Option  command  solves this problem by including DETAIL-REPORT.SCF when
   the user requests a restart a a tag within DETAIL-REPORT.SCF.

|                            - - - - - - - - - - -
|  
|       If the user types control-C  while  SETUP  is  running,  SETUP  will
|  display  the  message "Yes?" and wait for the user to respond with either
|  "ABORT" or "CONTINUE".  If the user types  CONTINUE,  SETUP  will  resume
|  processing  at  the  point from which it was interrupted;  that is, if it
|  was waiting for the response to a ;Define variable or  a  ;Select  option
|  command,  it  will  continue to wait for that response (without re-typing
|  the prompt).  If the  user  types  ABORT,  then  SETUP  will  immediately
|  execute  an  ;Abort  command, thus discarding the CTL file that was being
|  built.
|  
|       When the "Yes?" prompt is displayed, the user may type "?" to get  a
|  list of the possible responses.
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                             - - - - - - - - - - -

   Pre-defined options and variables

        SETUP provides several options and variables that may be  referenced
   without  executing  a  command  that  assigns a value (e.g.  a ;Select or
   ;Define command).  The pre-defined options are:

            Restart         Restart has the value "yes" if a /TAG: switch
                            was given on the SETUP command line and "no"
                            otherwise.

            Restart-<tagname> "yes" for the tagname specified in the /TAG:
                            switch; "no" for any other <tagname>.

            Monday          has the value "yes" if the current weekday
                            is a Monday; "no" otherwise.

            Tuesday         "yes" if the current weekday is a Tuesday.

            Wednesday       "yes" if the current weekday is a Wednesday.

            Thursday        "yes" if the current weekday is a Thursday.

            Friday          "yes" if the current weekday is a Friday.

            Saturday        "yes" if the current weekday is a Saturday.

            Sunday          "yes" if the current weekday is a Sunday.


   The pre-defined variables are:

            <Current-day>   The current two-digit numeric day of the month.

|           <Current-hour>  The 2-character hour of the day on a
|                           24-hour time clock.
|  
|           <Current-month-name>  The 3-character abbreviation for the
|                           name of the current month.  (The first three
|                           characters of the month.)

            <Current-month> The current numeric month of the year
                            (January = 01).

|           <Current-user-name>  The logged-in username of the job
|                                currently running SETUP.

            <Current-year>  The two-digit year of the century.

            <Job-id>        The value of the /JOB-ID: switch.

            <Job-name>      The filename of the MCF specified in the SETUP
                            command line.
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            <Julian-date>   The three-digit julian day of the year
                            (February 1st = 032).
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                             - - - - - - - - - - -

   Line continuation

        All logical lines in the  MCF  are  limited  to  a  maximum  of  500
   characters,  regardless  of  whether or not they are SETUP command lines,
   however, it is often desirable to divide a single logical line  into  two
   or more physical lines in the MCF.

        Line continuation may be used to break long  MCF  lines  at  logical
   points in order to make the MCF more readable.  Standard TOPS-20 commands
   may be divided into multiple MCF lines by simply typing a hyphen  at  the
   end  of  each  line  to be continued.  Each continuation line should also
   begin with an "@" to indicate that it is to be read by the  job  at  EXEC
   command level.

        SETUP command lines are continued in a similar fashion.   Each  line
   to  be continued should end with a hyphen.  The continuation lines should
   begin with a semi-colon and a plus sign.  For example:

            ;Define variable <posting-date> -
            ;+      Enter the transaction posting date (MMDDYY)

        Line continuation may be used in a SETUP  command  anywhere  between
   words;   that  is,  anywhere  a space or tab is legal in a SETUP command.
   The character string '(tabs or spaces),  hyphen,  new  line,  semi-colon,
   plus,  (tab  or  space)'  is treated by SETUP as a single occurrence of a
   space.  Note that any number of tabs or  spaces  immediately  before  the
   hyphen  and  a  single occurrence of a tab or a space after the plus-sign
   are included in the "line continuation syntax".

        When determining the total number of characters in a  logical  SETUP
   command, the continuation characters must be included;  that is, you must
   add 5 to the actual count of characters for each continuation line.

        In most cases, the continuation characters will be removed from  the
   logical  SETUP  command  prior  to  executing  the  command  and thus are
   transparent to the command itself.  In certain cases, particularly  where
   the  continuation  is  in  the middle of a prompt text string, the prompt
   will be divided into  multiple  lines  on  the  user's  terminal  at  the
   continuation  break  points.  (Note that it is important here to remember
   that one space or tab character after the plus-sign will be "eaten up" by
   the  continuation).   Therefore, a multi-line prompt may be issued from a
   ;Define command as in the following example:

            ;Define variable <report-header> -
            ;+      Enter the report heading; may be one of the following -
            ;+              Standard Account Report -
            ;+              Department Head Report -
            ;+              (or your own heading)
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|                            - - - - - - - - - - -
|  
|  Blocks
|  
|       The block concept in SETUP is used to define  a  sequence  of  lines
|  that  perform  a  specific  function.  The block structure may be used to
|  cause that sequence to be executed more than once, and/or to be  bypassed
|  entirely if certain conditions are satisfied.
|  
|       Blocks are defined by including one  of  the  block  start  commands
|  ";Begin",  ";Error  block" and ";Perform block..." followed by any number
|  of lines and ending with an ";End"  command.   Blocks  may  be  named  or
|  un-named.   When  a  named  block  is  defined,  SETUP  provides  a block
|  validation test.  This test compares  the  name  specified  on  the  ;End
|  command with the name of the current block and prints an error message if
|  the names do not match.
|  
|       The most common use of  blocks  is  to  bypass  sequences  of  SETUP
|  commands  and  control  file data under certain pre-specified conditions.
|  For example,
|  
|           ;Select option <detail-report> Do you want the detail report?
|           ;Option <detail-report/;Begin Detail-report-block
|                   ;Select variable <order> ("NAME","SSN","DEPT") -
|                   ;+      Enter the sort order desired:
|                   ;Define variable <copies> How many printed copies?
|                   ;Select variable <form> ("NORMAL","XEROX") -
|                   ;+      Enter the output form desired:
|  
|                   @Vdirectory input.fil
|                   @Run DTLRPT
|                   *<order>
|                   @Vdirectory dtlrpt.prt
|                   @Print dtlrpt.prt/copies:<copies>/form:<form>
|                   ;End Detail-report-block
|  
|       In this example the user is first asked whether or not s/he wants  a
|  detail  report produced this time.  If the response is affirmative, SETUP
|  will then request  the  necessary  information  to  produce  the  desired
|  report.   If  the  reponse  is  negative, SETUP will ignore all the lines
|  following the command  ";Begin  Detail-report-block"  until  the  command
|  ";End  Detail-report-block"  is  reached.   Note  that SETUP commands and
|  control file data are ignored equally;  it  is  not  necessary  to  place
|  ;Option  <detail-report>  commands  in front of the SETUP commands inside
|  this block.
|  
|  The second form of block usage is to repeat one or more commands  several
|  times.  For example,
|  
|           ;Perform block Append-transactions <trans-file>=trans-in.*
|                   @Vdirectory <trans-file>
|                   @Empty-check <trans-file>
|                   ;Error @Journal "<job-name>-<job-id>: <trans-file> is
|  empty"
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|                   @Append <trans-file> transin.fil
|                   @Delete <trans-file>
|                   ;End Append-transactions
|  
|       In this case, the block of lines will be  repeated  once  for  every
|  file   that   matches   the   wildcard  "trans-in.*"  with  the  variable
|  <trans-file> being replaced with the name of  a  particular  file.   Note
|  that this same function could be executed with a ;Performed external file
|  but that the block structure provides better  in-line  documentation  for
|  this MCF.  The ;Performed file would be appropriate to use when the block
|  is to be executed in more than one MCF.
|  
|       The two examples shown give the text of the block  indented  with  a
|  tab character.  When the lines are copied to the control file, SETUP will
|  remove all tabs and spaces at the beginning of the line so that the  line
|  is  left-justified.   The  indentation in the MCF is not required, but is
|  suggested in order to make the MCF more readable.
|  
|       Whenever  indentation  is  used,  SETUP  immediately   removes   the
|  indentation  before  any  other  operation;   thus  both  SETUP  and EXEC
|  continuation lines may be indented at any level (that is, the ";+" may be
|  preceded with any number of spaces and/or tabs.)
|  
|       Blocks may be nested;  that is, a ;Begin command may be followed  by
|  a  second ;Begin command (or any other block definition command) prior to
|  the ;End command for the first block.  In this case, SETUP  simply  saves
|  the  name of the first block, executes the inner block normally (that is,
|  all the rules of matching block names are applied), and then restores the
|  first  block  name  as  the  "current block name" when the inner block is
|  ;Ended.  Nesting may be applied to any level;  for example:
|  
|           ;Perform block Edit-trans <trans-file>,<dummy>,<sequence>=*.trn
|                   @Vdirectory <trans-file>
|                   @Empty-check <trans-file>
|                   ;Error block Empty-trans
|                           @Journal "<job-name>-<job-id>: <trans-file>
|  empty"
|                           @Delete <trans-file>
|                           @Goto Nextrn
|                           ;End Empty-trans
|                   @Run edttrn
|                   @Vdirectory edttrn.prt
|                   @Print edttrn.rpt/delete
|  
|                   ;Select option <post-<sequence>> -
|                   ;+      Is <trans-file> to be posted after editing?
|                   ;Option <post-<sequence>>/;Begin Post-trans
|                           @Run psttrn
|                           @Vdirectory psttrn.rpt
|                           @Print psttrn.rpt/delete
|                           ;End Post-trans
|                   Nextrn::
|                   ;End Edit-trans
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|       In this example, two blocks ("Empty-trans"  and  "Post-trans")  were
|  nested  within  block "Edit-trans".  Notice the use of the third variable
|  in the ;Perform  command  to  construct  a  unique  option-name  on  each
|  iteration  of the block.  (This technique will work only for options - it
|  will not work for variables or constants).
|  
|       Once a block is defined, it  is  sometimes  desireable  to  suppress
|  processing  of  the remainder of the block if certain conditions are met.
|  The ;Leave command provides this capability.  For example,  the  previous
|  example could also have been written as:
|  
|           ;Perform block Edit-trans <trans-file>,<dummy>,<sequence>=*.trn
|                   @Vdirectory <trans-file>
|                   @Empty-check <trans-file>
|                   ;Error block Empty-trans
|                           @Journal "<job-name>-<job-id>: <trans-file>
|  empty"
|                           @Delete <trans-file>
|                           @Goto Nextrn
|                           ;End Empty-trans
|                   @Run edttrn
|                   @Vdirectory edttrn.prt
|                   @Print edttrn.rpt/delete
|  
|                   ;Select option <post-<sequence>> -
|                   ;+      Is <trans-file> to be posted after editing?
|                   ;No-option <post-<sequence>>/;Leave Edit-trans
|  
|                   @Run psttrn
|                   @Vdirectory psttrn.rpt
|                   @Print psttrn.rpt/delete
|                   Nextrn::
|                   ;End Edit-trans
|  
|       Here the inner "Post-trans" block has  been  incorporated  into  the
|  "Edit-trans"  block  and  is  bypassed via the ;Leave command if the user
|  responds "no" to the ;Select command.  Notice  that  the  ;Leave  command
|  suppresses only the remainder of the current iteration of the block;  the
|  ;Perform command will continue to search for more files and  will  repeat
|  the block if another file matches the wildcards.
|  
|       ;Included and ;Performed files are very similar in  concept  to  the
|  block  structure.   The primary difference is that the end of a file that
|  is ;Included or ;Performed is defined by the physical end-of-file;   that
|  is,  these  files may not contain an ;End command to terminate processing
|  of the file.  They may, however,  use  the  ;Leave  command  to  suppress
|  processing of the remainder of the file.
|  
|       If the ;Leave command is used to terminate an ;Include  or  ;Perform
|  file,  it  should  not specify a block name.  In fact, SETUP constructs a
|  block name for such files from the  full  file  specification  (including
|  generation  number)  of  the file.  In the event of an ;End within such a
|  file that was not matched by a block start command, SETUP prints an error
|  message  that  contains the file specification as the name of the current
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|  block.
|  
|       The ;Begin, ;Leave and ;End commands may also contain a  descriptive
|  comment  after  the  block  name  if  (and  only  if)  the  block name is
|  specified.  This allows the programmer to further document  the  function
|  of the block.
|  
|  
|                            - - - - - - - - - - -
|  
|  Trace and Log facility
|  
|       When initially debugging an MCF it is often difficult  to  determine
|  exactly  what  sequence  of  events  occured  while  SETUP  was  running.
|  Mis-spelled variables, constants and options will  cause  much  different
|  results than what was intended.
|  
|       For these reasons, the programmer can take advantage  of  the  trace
|  facility in SETUP.  When SETUP is run, it will test to see if the logical
|  name MCFTRACE:  is defined.  If this logical name  is  not  defined,  the
|  trace  facility  is  disabled  and  MCF  processing occurs normally.  If,
|  however, MCFTRACE:  is defined then SETUP will append to  it  lines  that
|  indicate "events of special interest" while processing the MCF.
|  
|       The definition of logical name MCFTRACE:  may  include  any  of  the
|  fields of a TOPS-20 file specification;  that is, device, directory, file
|  name and file type.  If  only  the  device  is  specified  (e.g.   DEFINE
|  MCFTRACE:   DSK:)  the  filename  will default to SETUP.TRACE.  The lines
|  appended to this file are of the form
|  
|           Line n [tag + o]: message :: text
|  
|  where 'n' is a physical line number that is  incremented  by  1  whenever
|  SETUP  reads a line from the MCF, from an ;Included or ;Performed file or
|  repeats a line via a ;Perform block command;  'tag'  is  the  last  batch
|  label found in the MCF and will not be printed if no tag has been reached
|  yet;  'o' is the offset in  physical  lines  after  the  indicated  batch
|  label;   'message'  is  a  SETUP message describing the interesting event
|  (listed below) and 'text'  is  the  contents  of  the  current  MCF  line
|  (possibly with some variable and constant substitutions already made).
|  
|  The messages that SETUP currently issues are:
|  
|           Undefined reference to <name>
|           Variable <variable-name> defined as <value>
|           Option <option-name> defined as <value>
|           Reading file <filespec>
|           Return from <filespec>
|  
|       The first message indicates an  unrecognized  variable  or  constant
|  name in context (that is, a string that looks like a variable or constant
|  but has no substitution value) or an undefined option  in  a  ;Option  or
|  ;No-option  command.   The second and third messages indicate definitions
|  of variables, constants and options.  The last two messages  indicate  an
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|  ;Include  or  ;Perform  of  another MCF.  The final line will always be a
|  return from the original MCF.
|  
|  For example, the MCF
|  
|           ;Type Test MCF
|           ;Select option Testing This is an option
|           ;Define variable <Testing> This is a variable
|  
|  might generate the trace
|  
|           SETUP version 5(56) input from PS:<DC00>TESTING.MCF.1 on
|  19-May-80 12:01:06
|  
|           Line 2 [ + 2]: Undefined reference to Testing :: ;Select
|  option Testing This is an option
|           Line 2 [ + 2]: Option Testing defined as Yes
|           Line 3 [ + 3]: Undefined reference to <Testing> :: ;Define
|  variable <Testing> This is a variable
|           Line 3 [ + 3]: Variable <Testing> defined as "value"
|           Line 3 [ + 3]: Return from PS:<DC00>TESTING.MCF.1
|  
|       The first trace message appears when SETUP checks to be certain that
|  option Testing does not already have a value.  The undefined reference to
|  variable <Testing> occurs when SETUP attempts to substitute a  value  for
|  what  appears to be a variable immediately after reading the MCF line but
|  prior to executing the ;Define command.
|  
|       Other messages may be added to the trace facility  as  the  occasion
|  warrants.
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|       The SETUP logging facility allows the user to keep a disk log of the
|  values entered to SETUP for all variables, constants and options for each
|  invocation of SETUP.  If the logical name MCFLOG:  is defined then, after
|  writing the CTL file, SETUP will append to the specified file a formatted
|  report listing all variables,  constants  and  options  that  were  given
|  values during this run.
|  
|       The  SETUP  log  report  will  include  all  the  SETUP  pre-defined
|  constants  and options in addition to those explicitly defined in the MCF
|  (in fact, this is a good, fast way to find out the pre-defined  constants
|  if you forget them!).
|  
|       Just as for MCFTRACE:, the definition of MCFLOG:   may  include  any
|  fields  of  a  valid  TOPS-20  file specification.  If only the device is
|  specified, the file name will default to SETUP.LOG.   Also,  as  for  the
|  trace  facility,  if  the  specified  file  already  exists  then the new
|  information will simply be appended to the existing data.
|  
|  for example, the MCF
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|           ;Type Test MCF
|           ;Select option Testing This is an option
|           ;Define variable <Testing> This is a variable
|  
|  might generate the log
|  
|           SETUP version 5(56) input from PS:<DC00>TESTING.MCF.1 on
|  19-May-80 12:10:14
|  
|           Defined Variables: 
|                   <Current-Day>                           "19"
|                   <Current-Hour>                          "12"
|                   <Current-Month-Name>                    "May"
|                   <Current-Month>                         "05"
|                   <Current-User-Name>                     "RS3M"
|                   <Current-Year>                          "80"
|                   <Job-Id>                                ""
|                   <Job-Name>                              "FOO"
|                   <Julian-Date>                           "140"
|                   <Testing>                               "value"
|           Defined Options:
|                   Monday                                  Yes
|                   Testing                                 Yes
|  
|       The first line appended to the trace and/or log files indicates  the
|  SETUP  version  number, the full specification of the MCF file being read
|  and the current date and time.
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   IV.  Running SETUP from command level

        There are two very similar methods for running SETUP to produce  the
   CTL  file.   The beginning user will probably want to use the "prompting"
   mode in which the full command  recognition  facilities  of  the  TOPS-20
   operating  system  are  available.  To run SETUP in this manner, the user
   simply types the command SETUP to the EXEC prompt ("@").  SETUP will then
   respond  with  it's name and version number and give the "SETUP>" prompt.
   The user may now type "?" at each field of the  command  line  and  SETUP
   will  give  a  help  message briefly describing what should be entered at
   that point.  The ESCape key may  also  be  used  to  complete  a  partial
   response  if  the response is unique among all the possible responses for
   that field (as in MCF file names, for instance).  For example,  a  simple
   terminal session might look like the following:

            @setup
            SETUP Version 5(56)
            SETUP>? one of the following:
             SETUP
            SETUP>sETUP ? input filespec
              or one of the following
             /DELETE        /LIST           /OPTION         /VARIABLE
            SETUP>sETUP fILE-MAINT.MCF.5 ? confirm with carriage return
              or one of the following:
             /JOB-ID:       /TAG:
            SETUP>sETUP fILE-MAINT.MCF.5 /jOB-ID:? 1-word identifier for
   this job
            SETUP>sETUP fILE-MAINT.MCF.5 /jOB-ID:test ? confirm with
   carriage return
              or one of the following:
             /JOB-ID:       /TAG:
            SETUP>sETUP fILE-MAINT.MCF.5 /jOB-ID:test

        In the preceding example, all lowercase commands were typed  by  the
   user,  and  all  uppercase  was  typed  by SETUP either as a prompt or in
   response to the ESCape key.  All text after the question mark  was  typed
   by SETUP in response to the question mark.

        SETUP will proceed to read the MCF file when the user finally  types
   a   carriage-return.    If   the   user   makes   a  mistake  before  the
   carriage-return is typed, then the standard correction techniques  apply;
   DELete  (RUBout)  to delete the last character typed, control-W to delete
   the last word, etc.  If the user types carriage-return before he realizes
   the  mistake,  SETUP  will likely give some erroneous error message, will
   repeat the command line as it read it, and  then  exit  to  exec  command
   level (the "@" prompt).

        In most applications, the SETUP command line and the SUBMIT  command
   will  be executed from a command file such as with the TAKE exec command.
   In this case, the alternate form of running SETUP may be  used  to  allow
   the  MCF  file  name  to  be  given from the command file and thereby not
   requiring the user to remember it.  This form has exactly the same syntax
   as  the preceding example, but the entire line in its final form is typed
   at exec command level just as if the SETUP> prompt had been given.  Thus,
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 56
   ***** Running SETUP


   the preceding example could have been typed as just

           @setup file-maint/job-id:test

        In this mode no recognition is available and the full file  name  of
   the  MCF  file  must  be  specified (although the ".MCF" extension may be
   defaulted).   The  /JOB-ID:   and  /TAG:   switches  may,   however,   be
   abbreviated  to just "/J:" and "/T:" respectively.  Again, if there is an
   error in the command it may be corrected with DELete and control-W before
   carriage-return is typed and SETUP will give an error message and exit if
   any errors are detected.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 57
   ***** Running SETUP


   Alternate uses of SETUP

        In addition to running SETUP to generate a  CTL  file  from  a  MCF,
   SETUP may be used to define default values for options and variables that
   are  to  be  used  in  ;Select/allow,  ;Define/allow  commands  and  ;Get
   commands,  to  list  the  default  and  /SAVE'd values of all options and
   variables and to remove unneeded defaults.



   ---- Defining default values for options and variables

               Setup/option <option-name> YES | NO
               Setup/variable <variable-name> <value>

        The preceding two formats of the  SETUP  command  line  will  define
   default  values for, respectively, options and variables.  Options may be
   given only the values YES or NO.  Variable names must follow the standard
   format;  that is, they must be enclosed in "<" and ">".



   ---- Listing default values of options and variables

               Setup/list [all | empty | options | variables]

        The /LIST switch of the SETUP command will list the contents of  the
   default   list  for  options  and/or  variables.   If  /LIST  OPTIONS  is
   specified, all option defaults will be displayed in the form "<name>=Yes"
   or  "<name>=No".   If /LIST VARIABLES is specified, all variable defaults
   will be displayed in the form  "<name>=<value>".   /LIST  EMPTY  gives  a
   single line indicating the amount of free space in the default list file.
   If /LIST ALL or simply /LIST is specified, all the options, variables and
   free space will be listed.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 58
   ***** Running SETUP


   ---- Deleting defaults for options and variables

               Setup/delete option | variable <name>

        The /DELETE switch of the SETUP command may be used to  recover  the
   file  space  taken by default values of options and variables that are no
   longer needed.  This free space is not  actually  returned  to  the  file
   system,  but  is  retained  for  use  by SETUP the next time an option or
   variable is to be stored.



   ---- Making the default list file accessible after aborting SETUP

               Setup/reset

        This command is an "emergency-only" command.  If  SETUP  is  aborted
   via control-C in certain critical sections, the default list file will be
   locked against modification.  If the file is locked, SETUP  will  display
   the message

           ? SETUP.BIN file is in use by another job

   and will abort.  If the user  receives  this  message  several  times  in
   succession,  he  should verify that there are no other jobs on the system
   connected  to  the  same  directory  and  running  SETUP,  then  use  the
   SETUP/RESET  command  to  clear the lock on the file.  If this command is
   used while another job is running SETUP in  the  same  directory,  it  is
   likely that the default list file will be destroyed.

|       In newer versions of SETUP, typing control-C  will  cause  SETUP  to
|  issue  the  prompt  "Yes?"  to  which  the  user may type either ABORT or
|  CONTINUE.  In this case, SETUP will only  allow  the  user  to  abort  in
|  non-critical  areas,  thus  control-C is no longer a dangerous feature to
|  use while running SETUP.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 59
   ***** MCF example


   V.       An example of a master control file- SAMPLE.MCF


   ;Type                    S A M P L E . M C F
   ;Type    This is a sample master control file. Its purpose is to
   ;Type demonstrate how the SETUP commands work and how they might be
   ;Type used in a MCF.
   ;Type 
   ;Select/verify option maint Do you want to run the maintenance option?
|  ;Option maint/;Begin Maint1
|           ;Type 
|           ;Type The maintenance option requires that there be two
|           ;Type files present:
|           ;Type   MASTER.NEW
|           ;Type     TRAN.IN
|           ;File tran.in not-found/;Abort TRAN.IN is missing
|           ;End Maint1
    
   ;No-option maint/;Select/allow option rpt Do you want to run the report
   phase?
   ;No-option maint/;No-option rpt/;Abort Neither maintenance nor reporting
   was selected
|  ;Option rpt/;Begin Rpt1
|           ;Type 
|           ;Type   The report phase requires only that there be one
|           ;Type file present; MASTER.NEW and that it be in social security
|           ;Type number sequence.
|   
|           ;Select option sort Does the master file need sorting?
|           ;Define variable <copies> How many copies of the report?
|           ;Define/allow variable <forms> What kind of forms for the
|  report?
|           ;Define/verify variable <date> What date goes on the report
|  (mo-da-yr)?
|           ;End Rpt1

   @Journal "<job-name> is now running"
   ;No-option maint/@Goto Sort
   @Error %
   @Directory MASTER.NEW,TRAN.IN
|  ;Error block NoFiles
|           @Journal "SAMPLE: All the files for maint. are not present"
|           @Please hold all jobs for this userid^[
|           @Goto Eojx
|           ;End NoFiles
   @Error
   @Delete master.old
   @Rename master.new master.old
   @Run update
   ;Error   @Journal "SAMPLE: Error while running maintenance phase"// -
   ;+       @Goto Eojx

   Sort::
   ;Option sort/;Include sort-proc
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 60
   ***** MCF example


   ;No-option rpt/@Goto Eojx

   Runrpt::
   @Run Makrpt
   <date>
   ;Option rpt/;Ask  Insert amount report should balance to; format 999.99
   <copies>
   ;Option rpt/;Ask  Which report phase a or b?
   ;Error @Journal "<job-name>: Error while producing report"//@Goto Eojx
   @Print output.rpt/copies:<copies>/forms:<forms>/delete

   Eojx::
   @Set file protection master.*,tran.* 775252
   @Logoff
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 61
   ***** Operator dialog


   VI.      The editing dialog to produce the CTL file from SAMPLE.MCF


   @SETUP
   SETUP version 5(56)
   SETUP>s sample
    
    
                            S A M P L E . M C F
            This is a sample master control file. Its purpose is to
   demonstrate how the SETUP commands work and how they might be
   used in a MCF.
    
    
   Do you want to run the maintenance option?
   maint (y or n)? n
   maint n
   OK?y
    
   Do you want to run the report phase?
   rpt (y or n) [Y]?
    
            The report phase requires only that there be one
   file present; MASTER.NEW and that it be in social security
   number sequence.
    
   Does the master file need sorting?
   sort (y or n)? y
    
   How many copies of the report?
   <copies>=5
    
   What kind of forms for the report?
   <forms> [NORMAL]=
    
   What date goes on the report (mo-da-yr)?
   <date>=6-30-74
   <date>=6-30-74
   OK? n
   What date goes on the report (mo-da-yr)?
   <date>=6-30-79
   <date>=6-30-79
   OK? y
    
   Insert amount report should balance to; format 999.99
   567.89
    
   Which report phase a or b?
   b

   [PS:<DC00>SAMPLE.CTL.1 complete]
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 62
   ***** Resulting control file


   VII.     The resulting batch control file SAMPLE.CTL.1


   ; SETUP version 5(56) input from PS:<DC00>SAMPLE.MCF.1
   ;Type                    S A M P L E . M C F
   ;Type    This is a sample master control file. Its purpose is to
   ;Type demonstrate how the SETUP commands work and how they might be
   ;Type used in a MCF.
   ;Type 
   ;Select/verify option maint \N\ Do you want to run the maintenance
   option?
|  ;Option maint/;Begin Maint1
|  ;End Maint1
    
   ;No-option maint/
   ;Select/allow option rpt \Y\ Do you want to run the report phase?
   ;No-option maint/
   ;No-option rpt/;Abort Neither maintenance nor reporting was selected
   ;Option rpt/
|  ;Begin Rpt1
|  ;Type 
|  ;Type    The report phase requires only that there be one
|  ;Type file present; MASTER.NEW and that it be in social security
|  ;Type number sequence.
|   
|  ;Select option sort \Y\ Does the master file need sorting?
|  ;Define variable <copies> \5\ How many copies of the report?
|  ;Define/allow variable <forms> \NORMAL\ What kind of forms for the
|  report?
|  ;Define/verify variable <date> \6-30-79\ What date goes on the report
|  (mo-da-yr)?
|  ;End Rpt1

   @Journal "SAMPLE is now running"
   ;No-option maint/
   @Goto Sort
   @Error %
   @Directory MASTER.NEW,TRAN.IN
|  ;Error block NoFiles
|  @If (noerror) @Goto XX0001
|  @Journal "SAMPLE: All the files for maint. are not present"
|  @Please hold all jobs for this userid^[
|  @Goto eojx
|  ;End NoFiles
   XX0001::
   @Error
   @Delete master.old
   @Rename master.new master.old
   @Run update
   ;Error
   @If (noerror) @Goto XX0002
   @Journal "SAMPLE: Error while running maintenance phase"
   @Goto Eojx
   XX0002::
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 63
   ***** Resulting control file


   Sort::
   ;Option sort/
   ;Include sort-proc \PS:<DC00>SORT-PROC.SCF.1\
   @Sort
   *Sort/rec:100/key:1,9 master.new master.new
   ;Error
   @If (noerror) @Goto XX0003
   @Journal "SAMPLE: Error during Sort"
   @Goto Eojx
   XX0003::
   ; end of PS:<DC00>SORT-PROC.SCF.1
   ;No-option rpt/@Goto Eojx 

   Runrpt::
   @Run makrpt
   6-30-79
   ;Option rpt/
   ;Ask  Insert amount report should balance to; format 999.99
   567.89
   5
   ;Option rpt/
   ;Ask  Which report phase a or b?
   b
   ;Error
   @If (noerror) @Goto XX0004
   @Journal "SAMPLE: Error while producing report"
   @Goto eojx
   XX0004::
   @Print output.rpt/copies:5/forms:NORMAL/delete

   Eojx::
   @Set file protection master.*,tran.* 775252
   @Logoff
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 64
   ***** Resulting control file


   Things to note:


        The first line of the CTL file giving the version of SETUP  and  the
   complete  MCF  filespec  was  added  by  SETUP for ease in correcting any
   errors found.

        The full filespec of the ;Include'd file is given after the ;Include
   command,  and  a  note  is  inserted after the last line of the ;Included
   file.  If MCF:SORT-PROC.SCF did not exist, SETUP would  have  looked  for
   the file MCF:SORT-PROC.MCF.

        The "Journal" command in the ;Included sort file uses  the  constant
   "<job-name>" which was replaced by "SAMPLE" in the journal message.

        Note the effect of the /verify switch  on  the  ;Select  option  and
   ;Define variable commands.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 65
   ***** SETUP error messages


   VIII.    Error Messages

        The following is a  list  of  all  error  messages  that  SETUP  can
   generate.  They are grouped by the SETUP command to which they refer.  In
   each grouping the errors are divided into warnings and fatals.   Warnings
   (% <error>)  usually  indicate  some sort of syntactical error and in all
   cases SETUP will continue processing the MCF after listing  and  ignoring
   the  line  in  error.   Fatals  (? <error>)  usually  indicate  that  the
   finiteness of SETUP has been violated and that parameters in the  program
   or the command in the MCF will have to be changed.


   Command string errors


   % MCF file not found
        The specified MCF file does not exist on the given device/directory;
        possibly device MCF:  is not defined or is defined to be a directory
        to which the user does not have access.

   % Directory full
        Your connected directory has too many files in it;   there  was  not
        enough room to create the CTL file.

   % Quota exceeded or disk full
        The quota of disk space allowed for  your  connected  directory  has
        been  reached  while  creating  the  CTL  file.   You may DELETE and
        EXPUNGE  other  files  and  CONTINUE  without  starting   from   the
        beginning.

   % Read access required
        The protection code of the MCF file does not allow you to  read  it;
        either  the  protection  code  must  be  changed or you must use the
        ACCESS system command.

   ? File not opened for reading
        The protection code of the MCF file does not allow you to  read  it,
        or you have forgotten to ACCESS a private structure.

   ? Error initializing command line parse
        This  is  a  SETUP  internal  error.   If  it  appears,  notify  the
        Administrative Systems Department.

   ? Unrecognized parameters at end of command
        A SETUP command has been given that has extraneous characters before
        the  carriage-return  that  SETUP  does not recognize as part of the
        immediately preceding field.  Possibly due to a  mis-spelled  switch
        as in "SETUP FOO/JOBID:BAR" (should be .../JOB-ID:BAR).

   ? Invalid or missing option or variable name
        A SETUP/OPTION, SETUP/VARIABLE, or  SETUP/DELETE  command  has  been
        given without an option or variable name.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 66
   ***** SETUP error messages


   ? Option value is not YES or NO
        A SETUP/OPTION command has been given, but the  word  following  the
        option name is not "yes" or "no".

   ? Invalid or missing variable name
        A SETUP/VARIABLE command has been entered without a  variable  name,
        or the specified variable name is not enclosed in "<" and ">".

   ? Invalid LIST option
        A SETUP/LIST command has been entered but the word  following  /LIST
        is not ALL, EMPTY, OPTIONS, or VARIABLES.

   ? No default value for this option/variable
        The option or variable name given in a SETUP/DELETE command was  not
        found in the default list file.  Possibly, a name was mis-spelled or
        the brackets ("<" and ">") around a variable name were not given.

   ? Invalid option after /DELETE switch
        The word following /DELETE in a SETUP/DELETE command was not  OPTION
        or VARIABLE.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 67
   ***** SETUP error messages


   ;Select command errors


   % Incomplete SELECT command
        One or more of the required fields at the end of the ;Select command
        is missing.  The word "option" or "variable", the option or variable
        name, and the prompting text must all be entered.

   % Unknown SELECT command
        The word "option" or "variable" is missing or misspelled  after  the
        word ;Select.

   % No text to describe SELECT option name
        The prompting text after the option name is missing.  This  text  is
        required.

   % Option name too long in SELECT command
        Option names must be 36 characters or less.

   ? Exceeded option storage space
        The total length of the  names  of  all  the  options  has  exceeded
        SETUP's internal storage.  The names must be shortened or SETUP must
        be modified.

   % Invalid switch modifying SETUP command
        The only switches supported after a ;Select command are the  /allow,
        /save and /verify switches.

   % Option name missing in SELECT command
        The option name in a ;Select command  must  immediately  follow  the
        word "option".

   % Option has already been selected
        The specified option has already been used in a previous ;Select  or
        ;Get  command.   Options  may  not  be  "re-defined"  in the current
        version of SETUP.

   % No value list for variable
        The list of possible variable values in a ;Select  variable  command
        must follow the variable name on the same line of the MCF.

   % Left paren missing in value list
        The list of possible variable values in a ;Select  variable  command
        must be enclosed in parentheses.

   % Invalid variable value in list
        Each of the values in the value list for a ;Select variable  command
        must  be  enclosed  in  quotation marks and may not contain embedded
        carriage-return/line-feed characters.  The values must be  separated
        from  each  other  with  a  single comma (surrounded by zero or more
        spaces or tabs).
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 68
   ***** SETUP error messages


   % Too many values in list: cannot be more than 26
        SETUP only allows up to 26 possible values  in  a  ;Select  variable
        command.

   % Response must be a single character in the range A to Q
        The user has entered a response of more than one character,  or  has
        entered  a letter not given in the value list for a ;Select variable
        command.  The letter "Q" will be the  letter  corresponding  to  the
        last entry in the list.

   ? Default value file has grown too large
        The new value of the option or variable cannot be /SAVEd because the
        default  file  has reached its maximum size.  If the number of empty
        words (indicated by SETUP/LIST EMPTY) is very large, then  the  file
        should  be  rebuilt  by  listing the contents (SETUP/LIST), deleting
        SETUP.BIN and  redefining  all  the  values  with  SETUP/OPTION  and
        SETUP/VARIABLE.

   % Switch missing after SETUP command
        SETUP has found a slash after a command indicating a switch, but  no
        switch  name.   No spaces or tabs may be typed between the slash and
        the switch name.

   % /DEFAULT: switch not allowed in combination with /ALLOW and /SAVE
        Neither the /ALLOW nor  the  /SAVE  switches  may  be  used  if  the
        /DEFAULT:  switch is specified.

   % Default value must be Y or N
        The quoted text after  a  /DEFAULT:   switch  in  a  ;Select  option
        command must begin with either "y" or "n".

   % Value is required after this switch
        A quoted string must be specified after the colon on  the  /DEFAULT:
        switch.

   % Missing quote to delimit switch value
        The string following the colon on  the  /DEFAULT:   switch  must  be
        enclosed in quotation marks.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 69
   ***** SETUP error messages


   ;Define command errors


   % No name specified in DEFINE command
        The constant or variable name is missing after the  word  "constant"
        or "variable"

   % Illegal first character in constant or variable
        Constant names and variable names must begin with "<".

   % Name is too long
        Constant, variable and option names must be less than 36  characters
        long.

   % No text describing name
        The prompting text is missing after the constant or variable name in
        a ;Define command.  This text is required.

   % Incomplete DEFINE command
        The ;Define command was given without  any  other  parameters.   All
        parameters must be given on the same line as the word ;Define.

   % Unknown DEFINE command
        The word "constant", "option" or "variable" is missing or misspelled
        after the word ";Define".

   % Invalid variable or constant name:  does not end with ">"
        A variable or constant name must begin with "<" and end with ">" and
        contain only letters, digits, and hyphens.

   ? Internal error:  probably due to a variable value looking like  another
        variable
        This message really means that SETUP has tried to  define  the  same
        variable twice, however, this is situation not normally possible and
        can happen only when the value of a variable begins with  "<",  ends
        with ">" and matches another variable-name.

   ? Exceeded variable and constant storage space
        The total length of  the  constant  and  variable  names  and  their
        replacement  strings  has  exceeded  SETUP's internal storage space.
        The names of the constants and  variables  should  be  shortened  or
        SETUP should be modified.

   % The value may not be longer than 150 characters;  please re-enter
        A variable value must be 150 characters or less.

   % A value must be entered for this variable
        The /ALLOW switch has not been given for this variable, so the  user
        must  type  more than just carriage-return in response to the prompt
        for this variable.  This message can also  appear  when  the  /ALLOW
        switch  has been specified, but no default value was defined for the
        variable.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 70
   ***** SETUP error messages


   % No option name found after ;Define option command
        An option name must  immediately  follow  the  word  "option"  in  a
        ;Define option command and must be entered on the same line.

   % No option value found in ;Define option command
        The option name must be followed by text beginning with either a "y"
        or  "n"  in a ;Define option command and must be entered on the same
        line.

   % Option value is not "y" or "n"
        The text following the option-name in a ;Define option command  must
        begin with either the letter "y" or the letter "n".

   % Switch in ;Define command is only valid for ;Define Variable
        The programmer has entered a switch in  a  ;Define  constant...   or
        ;Define option..., command, neither of which is permitted by SETUP.

   % Invalid switch modifying SETUP command
        The only supported switches after a ;Define variable command are the
        /allow, /save and /verify switches.

   ? Default value file has grown too large
        The new value of the option or variable cannot be /SAVEd because the
        default  file  has reached its maximum size.  If the number of empty
        words (indicated by SETUP/LIST EMPTY) is very large, then  the  file
        should  be  rebuilt  by  listing the contents (SETUP/LIST), deleting
        SETUP.BIN and  redefining  all  the  values  with  SETUP/OPTION  and
        SETUP/VARIABLE.

   % Switch missing after SETUP command
        SETUP has found a slash after a command indicating a switch, but  no
        switch  name.   No spaces or tabs may be typed between the slash and
        the switch name.

   % /DEFAULT: switch not allowed in combination with /ALLOW and /SAVE
        Neither the /ALLOW nor  the  /SAVE  switches  may  be  used  if  the
        /DEFAULT:  switch is specified.

   % Value is required after this switch
        A quoted string must be specified after the colon on  the  /DEFAULT:
        switch.

   % Missing quote to delimit switch value
        The string following the colon on  the  /DEFAULT:   switch  must  be
        enclosed in quotation marks.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 71
   ***** SETUP error messages


   ;Get command errors


   % Incomplete ;GET command
        A ;Get command  has  been  entered  without  the  word  "option"  or
        "variable" and the option/variable name.  These must follow the word
        ";get" on the same line of the MCF.

   % Type is not OPTION or VARIABLE in ;GET command
        The word ;GET must be followed by one of "option" or "variable" in a
        ;Get command.

   % Name is missing in ;GET command
        The word "option" or "variable" in a ;Get command must  be  followed
        by the option or variable name on the same line of the MCF.

   % Variable name must be enclosed in "<" and ">"
        All variable names must begin with "<" and end with ">" and  contain
        only letters, digits, and hyphens.

   % Variable does not have a default value
        The variable specified in a ;Get variable command has not been given
        a  value  with  a  SETUP/VARIABLE command or a ;DEFINE/SAVE VARIABLE
        command in an MCF.

   % Option does not have a default value
        The option specified in a ;Get option command has not been  given  a
        value  with  a SETUP/OPTION command or a ;SELECT/SAVE OPTION command
        in an MCF.

   % Invalid switch modifying SETUP command
        The only supported switches after the ;Get command are  /DEFINE  and
        /NOECHO.

   % Too many fields in ;Get command (missing "/DEFINE"?)
        SETUP has found a second option or variable name in a  ;Get  command
        where  it was not expecting one.  Only a single name may be given in
        the command unless the /DEFINE switch was specified  to  define  the
        value of a second option or variable.

   % Switch missing after SETUP command
        SETUP has found a slash after a command indicating a switch, but  no
        switch  name.   No spaces or tabs may be typed between the slash and
        the switch name.

   % No second option or variable name in ;Get/define command
        A second option or variable name is required when the /DEFINE switch
        is  specified  to  receive  the default value of the first option or
        variable name.
   SETUP %5(56) 20-May-80                                            Page 72
   ***** SETUP error messages


   ;Include command errors


   % Invalid ;Include command
        The name of the file to be included was not specified  on  the  same
        line following an ;Include command.

   % ;Include file not accessible:
        No file matching the specification given in an ;Include command  was
        found.   This  error  might  be  caused  due  to  device MCF:  being
        undefined.

   % Cannot open ;Include file
        The user does not have read access to the file given in an  ;Include
        command.  Possibly, the user forgot to ACCESS a private structure.

   % Invalid switch modifying SETUP command
        The only supported switch after the ;Include command is /BEGIN.

   % Switch missing after SETUP command
        SETUP has found a slash after a command indicating a switch, but  no
        switch  name.   No spaces or tabs may be typed between the slash and
        the switch name.





   ;Option and ;No-option errors


   % Option name not specified
        The option name is missing after the word "option"  or  "no-option".
        The  option name and prompting text must be entered on the same line
        as the command.

   % Option name too long
        Option names must be less than 36 characters long.

   % No slash '/' following option name
        The user has  forgotten  to  put  the  delimiting  slash  after  the
        <option-name>.  The slash indicates where the <option-name> ends and
        the text to be left justified begins.
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   ;File <filespec> found | not-found errors


   % File name missing in ;File command
        The programmer has forgotten to enter  a  file  specification.   The
        file  specification  must immediately follow the command on the same
        line.

   % Option missing in ;File command
        The file name must be followed by one  of  the  options  "found"  or
        "not-found" on the same line of the MCF.

   % Invalid option in ;File command
        Only the word "found" or  "not-found"  may  follow  the  file  name.
        Possibly the option is mis-spelled.

   % No "/" following option in ;File command
        A slash must be entered after the "found" or "not-found"  option  in
        order to delimit the text to be left-justified.





   ;Ask <text> errors


   % Answer may not be longer than 150 characters;  please re-enter
        The answer the user has  typed  in  response  to  the  question  has
        exceeded  the  maximum  number  of  characters allowed.  The current
        version of SETUP allows 150 characters for the response.

   % No text found following ;Ask command
        Some prompting text must be given in an  ;Ask  command.   This  text
        must be entered on the same line of the MCF as the command name.

   % No answer given;  please give a response
        SETUP will not allow simply a carriage-return in response to an ;Ask
        command.   If  the  desired  response  is a blank line, at least one
        space or tab must be typed.

   % Invalid switch modifying SETUP command
        The only supported switch after the ;Ask command is /VERIFY.

   % Switch missing after SETUP command
        SETUP has found a slash after a command indicating a switch, but  no
        switch  name.   No spaces or tabs may be typed between the slash and
        the switch name.
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   ***** SETUP error messages


   ;Error <text> errors


   % No text in ;Error command
        SETUP found an ;Error command with  nothing  following  the  command
        name.  The ;Error command requires at least one batch statement that
        will be placed in the error block constructed by SETUP.





   ;If command errors


   % String missing in ;If command
        The ;If command must be followed by two quoted strings on  the  same
        line of the MCF.

   % Closing quotation missing on string in ;If command
        SETUP found the end of the MCF line  before  the  closing  quotation
        mark  in  one  of  the  strings.   Embedded carriage-returns are not
        permitted.

   % Incomplete ;If command
        The condition (=,<,>,NOT) must follow the first quoted string on the
        same MCF line.

   % Invalid condition type in ;If command
        The only supported conditions are "=", "<" and ">" possibly preceded
        by "not".

   % Slash missing to delimit text in ;If command
        A slash must be entered between the second string and the  following
        text to delimit that text on the same line of the MCF.
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   ***** SETUP error messages


   ;Perform command errors


   % Filespec was not given
        The ;Perform command was not followed by the name  of  the  file  to
        ;Perform.   The ;Perform command must be entered on a single line of
        the MCF.

   % Invalid filespec
        A filespec was found in the ;Perform command,  but  it  is  invalid,
        probably due to being longer than 39 characters.

   % ;Perform file not accessible
        The filespec given in the ;Perform command does not match  any  file
        on the system.  Possibly the device MCF:  is not defined.

   % Read access required to ;Perform file
        The file specified in the ;Perform  command  exists,  but  the  user
        running SETUP does not have read access to it.

   % No variable name(s) given for ;Perform command
        The ;Perform command requires one or more variables to  be  replaced
        in  the  inserted  file.   The  ;Include  command  may be used if no
        variables are to be substituted.

   % Invalid variable name specified in ;Perform command
        All variable names must begin with "<", end  with  ">"  and  contain
        less than 36 letters, digits and/or hyphens.

   % No variable value list specified in ;Perform command
        The equals sign and the corresponding  list  of  replacement  values
        must be entered on the same line of the MCF as the ;Perform command.

   % Equals sign missing in ;Perform command
        The variable name  and  the  list  of  replacement  values  must  be
        separated  by  an  equals  sign,  optionally surrounded by spaces or
        tabs.

   % Left parenthesis missing before value list
        The replacement value list in a ;Perform command must be enclosed in
        parentheses.

   % Invalid variable value;  beginning or ending quote missing
        Each replacement value in the ;Perform command must be  enclosed  in
        quotation  marks  and  may  not  contain embedded carriage-return or
        line-feed characters.

   % Comma to delimit values is missing
        The values in the replacement list for a ;Perform  command  must  be
        separated  by  commas  and the entire list must be terminated with a
        right parenthesis.
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   ***** SETUP error messages


   % Right parenthesis missing at end of value list
        The list of  replacement  values  in  a  ;Perform  command  must  be
        enclosed in parentheses.

   % Variable value lists are not the same length
        If two or more variables are specified for replacement in a ;Perform
        command,  the number of replacement values for each variable must be
        identical.

   % Too many variables specified for replacement
        Currently, SETUP allows only 5 variable names to  be  specified  for
        replacement in a ;Perform command.

   ? Internal error:  probably due to a variable value looking like  another
        variable
        SETUP has  attempted  to  define  the  same  variable  twice.   This
        situation  can  occur  only  when  the value of one variable exactly
        matches the name of another variable or constant.

   % No files match filespec in ;Perform command
        The file specification after the equals  sign  does  not  match  any
        existing  files on the disk.  This error may be trapped with a ;File
        ...  command if the circumstance is non-fatal.

   % Invalid file list in ;Perform command
        More than three variable names were given prior to the equals  sign,
        or  the  file  specification  after  the  equal  sign is not a valid
        TOPS-20 file specification.  Also check for commas between all  file
        specifications in the list if more than one filespec was given.

   % Invalid switch modifying SETUP command
        The only supported switch after the  ;Perform  command  is  /VERIFY.
        This  switch  may  only  be  specified  for  a file-list form of the
        ;Perform command, not the value-list form.

   % No switches permitted in this form of ;Perform
        The value-list form of  the  ;Perform  command  does  not  have  any
        switches.  Only the file-spec form allows the /VERIFY switch.

   % Switch missing after SETUP command
        SETUP has found a slash after a command indicating a switch, but  no
        switch  name.   No spaces or tabs may be typed between the slash and
        the switch name.
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   ***** SETUP error messages


|  ;Leave command errors
|  
|  
|  ? Cannot ;Leave top level of MCF
|       The master control file named on  the  SETUP  command  line  as  the
|       original  input  file to SETUP must be processed to the end-of-file;
|       that is, a ;Leave  command  may  not  be  used  to  prematurely  end
|       processing  of  this file.  This error might also appear if a ;Leave
|       command without a block name  is  reached  after  the  ;End  command
|       defining the end of a block was processed.
|  
|  ? Cannot end or leave this block from block "<name>"
|       A ;Leave command with a specific block name  given  was  encountered
|       within  a  block  of  a different name.  "<name>" is the name of the
|       block currently being processed.
|  
|  ? Invalid block name
|       Block names must be 1 to 35 characters long containing only letters,
|       hyphens and digits.
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  ;Begin command errors
|  
|  
|  ? Invalid block name
|       Block names must be 1 to 35 characters long containing only letters,
|       hyphens and digits.
|  
|  ? Push-down list overflow:  Too many levels of nesting
|       This is a general error  probably  indicating  too  many  levels  of
|       nested blocks, ;Include or ;Perform commands.
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  ;End command errors
|  
|  
|  ? Invalid block name
|       Block names must be 1 to 35 characters long containing only letters,
|       hyphens and digits.
|  
|  ? No block to ;End
|       An ;End command was found that did not match a corresponding ;Begin,
|       ;Error block or ;Perform block command.
|  
|  ? ;End command may not follow a conditional command
|       The ;End command may not be a  part  of  the  text  of  an  ;Option,
|       ;No-option,  ;File  or  ;If command;  that is, the ;End command must
|       "stand-alone" on an MCF line.
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   ***** SETUP error messages


|  ? May not ;End an ;Include or ;Perform of a file
|       An ;Included or ;Performed  file  may  only  be  terminated  by  the
|       physical  end-of-file  or  by a ;Leave command.  The ;End command is
|       reserved for blocks.





   Input-output errors


   ? MCF line too long
        The length of  a  line  from  the  MCF  has  exceeded  the  internal
        processing  storage  area.  SETUP allows a maximum of 500 characters
        on a line.

   % Undefined SETUP command
        A line beginning with a semi-colon was read from the  MCF,  but  the
        word following the semi-colon was not a valid SETUP command.

   % Ambiguous SETUP command
        A line beginning with a semi-colon was read from  the  MCF  and  the
        word following the semi-colon is not an unambiguous abbreviation for
        a SETUP command.  It is strongly suggested that abbreviations not be
        used  in  production  MCFs,  as  all  system software is dynamic and
        abbreviations are not guaranteed to remain unique over time.

   ? Error reading input file
        This is another one of those errors that should  never  occur.   Try
        reading   the  file  again;   if  the  error  persists  contact  the
        Administrative Systems Department.

   ? Error writing output file
        Another error that should never happen.  If it persists contact  the
        Administrative Systems Department.

   ? Specified tag not found in file
        The label given in a /TAG:   switch  does  not  exist  in  the  MCF.
        Possibly the tag has been mis-spelled.

   ? Unable to create SETUP.BIN
        An  unusual  error  occurring  the  first   time   a   SETUP/OPTION,
        SETUP/VARIABLE,  ;DEFINE/SAVE,  or ;SELECT/SAVE command is executed.
        Possibly due to the connected directory having too many files.

   ? SETUP.BIN file is in use by another job
        An interlock for option and variable defaults has been set  and  not
        cleared  by  another  job.   Possibly  due  to  another  user  using
        control-C while SETUP was trying to access  an  option  or  variable
        default.   SETUP  will  try to access this file for 2 seconds before
        giving this message.
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   ***** SETUP error messages


   ? Cannot open SETUP.BIN
        An unusual error  indicating  a  problem  with  the  option/variable
        default  file.   Possible  due  to  this  file having been protected
        read-only to the current user.

|  ? Push-down list overflow:  Too many levels of nesting
|       This is a general error probably indicating too many  nested  levels
|       of ;Include, ;Begin, ;Error block and/or ;Perform commands.

   % No continuation chars on continuation line (";+")
        SETUP has read an MCF line beginning with semi-colon and terminating
        with  a  hyphen,  but  the  following  line  does  not  begin with a
        semi-colon and a plus-sign to complete the continuation syntax.

|  ? Block "<name>" does not end
|       SETUP has reached the physical end of an MCF or  SCF  (;Included  or
|       ;Performed file) without finding the end of a block that was started
|       in that file.  All ;Begin, ;Perform block and ;Error block  commands
|       must be matched by an ;End command in the same MCF or SCF.