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ATTACH COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: ATTACHES A JOB TO A TTY. THE JOB WILL
		   BE DETACHED FROM ITS CURRENT TTY AND ATTACHED TO
		   THE TTY SPECIFIED.


	COMMAND FORMAT: ATTACH NN TTYMM

			 NN IS THE JOB NUMBER 
			 MM IS THE NEW TTY NUMBER (NO COLON REQUIRED)

	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	ATTACH 5 TTY13
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		REMARK:		THE JOB PRESENTLY ATTACHED TO TTY13
				IS DETACHED AND JOB 5 IS ATTACHED TO IT.


		OPERATOR TYPES:	ATTACH 6 8
		OPR RESPONDS:	EH?	
		REMARK:		TTY NAME MUST INCLUDE "TTY"

BOMB COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: CRASHES THE SYSTEM BY DEPOSITING A NON-ZERO NUMBER IN 
		  EXECUTIVE LOCATION 30. A COUNTDOWN FROM 10
		  WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE LIGHTS.


	COMMAND FORMAT: BOMB NN

			NN IS THE VALUE TO BE DEPOSITED (OPTIONAL)

	EXAMPLE:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	BOMB
		OPR RESPONDS:	ARE YOU SURE?
		OPERATOR TYPES:	YES
		REMARK:		THE OPERATOR MUST CONFIRM BY
				TYPING "YES" EXACTLY.  CONFIRMATION
				IS SKIPPED IF THE SYSTEM KSYS COUNTER
				IS NON-ZERO.

CONTINUE COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: CONTINUES A JOB THAT HAS BEEN STOPPED BY OPR
		  USING THE STOP COMMAND.


	COMMAND FORMAT: CONTINUE NN

		 	NN IS THE NUMBER OF THE JOB TO BE CONTINUED

	EXAMPLE:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	CONTINUE 5
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		REMARK:		IF A CONTINUE COMMAND IS GIVEN TO A JOB THAT
				WAS NOT STOPPED, OPR HALTS THE PROGRAM AND
				THEN CONTINUES IT.

DEBUG COMMAND



	FUNCTION: FOR USE BY A SYSTEM WIZARD FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES.


	COMMAND FORMAT: DEBUG


	EXAMPLE: 

		OPERATOR TYPES: DEBU
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		OPERATOR TYPES: STOP 2
		OPR RESPONDS:	.HALT
				.*
		OPERATOR TYPES: CONT 2
		OPR RESPONDS:	.HALT
				.CONTINUE
				*

DETACH COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: DETACHES SPECIFIED JOB


	COMMAND FORMAT: DETACH NN

		 	NN IS THE NUMBER OF THE JOB TO BE DETACHED


	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	DET 5
		OPR RESPONDS:	DETACHED FROM TTY17
			      	*

		OPERATOR TYPES:	DET 4
		OPR RESPONDS:	?  JOB IS ALREADY DETACHED: 4
		REMARK:		JOB NUMBER 4 WAS ALREADY DETACHED
				OR WAS NOT ON THE SYSTEM
				WHEN THE COMMAND WAS GIVEN

EXIT COMMAND



	FUNCTION: EXITS USER FROM OPR TO THE MONITOR


	COMMAND FORMAT: EXIT


	EXAMPLE:

		USER TYPES:	E
		RESPONSE:	TWO BELLS (CONTROL-G) ARE SOUNDED WHEN
				A USER EXITS FROM THE OPR PROGRAM.
				THIS ALSO OCCURS IF THE USER
				CONTROL-C'S OUT OF OPR.

FORCE COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: TO UTILIZE TO MONITOR FORCED COMMAND CAPABILITY


	COMMAND FORMAT: FORCE NN XXXXXX

			NN IS THE NUMBER OF THE JOB
			XXXXXX IS THE COMMAND TO BE FORCED


	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES: FORCE 5 .RESTART
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		REMARK:		THE SYSTEM RESTART MESSAGE WILL BE TYPED TO
				THE CONTROLLING TERMINAL OF JOB 5.

FREE COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: TO FREE A DEVICE WHICH IS ASSIGNED TO A JOB.
		  THE DEVICE IS PLACED IN THE SYSTEM RESOURCE POOL.


	COMMAND FORMAT: FREE XXXX/SWITCH

			XXXX IS THE DEVICE TO BE FREED
			NOTE: COLON IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT MAY BE
			SPECIFIED IF DESIRE.

	SWITCHES:	/DEASSIGN	TO DEASSIGN DEVICE ONLY (DEFAULT)
			/FINISH		TO FINISH DEVICE IF NECESSARY
					NOTE: JOB CANNOT CONTINUE FROM A
					FINISH COMMAND

	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	FREE MTA0
		OPR RESPONDS:	? DEVICE IS ALREADY FREE
		REMARK:		MTA0 WAS NOT ASSIGNED WHEN THE FREE
				COMMAND	WAS GIVEN

		OPERATOR TYPES: FREE MTA1:
		OPR RESPONDS:	*

		OPERATOR TYPES:	FREE MANKIND
		OPR RESPONDS:	? NON-EXISTENT DEVICE: MANKIN

HELP COMMAND



	FUNCTION: TO TYPE OUT THE OPR HELP FILE("SYS:OPR.HLP")


	COMMAND FORMAT:	HELP


	EXAMPLE:

		USER TYPES: HELP
		OPR THEN TYPES OUT THE SYS:OPR.HLP FILE.

KILL COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: TO KILL A JOB.  OPR PERFORMS A "KJOB/B/W"
		  ON THE SPECIFIED JOB.


	COMMAND FORMAT: KILL NN

			NN IS THE JOB NUMBER TO BE KILLED

	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	KILL 5
		OPR RESPONDS:	*

		OPERATOR TYPES: KILL 11
		OPR RESPONDS:	? ILLEGAL JOB NUMBER:11
		REMARK:		JOB NUMBER 11 WAS NOT ACTIVE

KSYS COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: TO SET THE MONITOR KSYS COUNTER


	COMMAND FORMAT: KSYS HHMM
			KSYS HH:MM
			KSYS +HHMM
			KSYS +HH:MM
			KSYS


	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES: KSYS +5
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		REMARK:		MINIMUM TIME ARGUMENT IS 5 MINUTES.

		OPERATOR TYPES: KSYS
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		REMARK:		THE KSYS COUNTER IS TURNED OFF.

LIMIT COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: TO SET THE TIME LIMIT FOR A JOB.


	COMMAND FORMAT: LIMIT NN HHMMSS
			LIMIT NN HH:MM:SS

			NN IS THE JOB NUMBER


	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES: LIM 5 1:00:00
		OPR RESPONDS:	*

LOCATE COMMAND



	FUNCTION: TO LOCATE A DEVICE


	COMMAND FORMAT: LOCATE XXXX

			XXXX IS THE DEVICE TO BE LOCATED.
			A COLON IS NOT REQUIRED.

	EXAMPLES:	

			USER TYPES:	LOCATE MTA0
			OPR RESPONDS:	AS TO JOB 1

			USER TYPES:	LOC TTY17
			OPR RESPONDS:	AS+INIT TO JOB 4

			USER TYPES:	LOCA TTY0:
			OPR RESPONDS:	AS TO JOB 38

			USER TYPES:	LOCATE ME
			OPR RESPONDS:	? NON-EXISTENT DEVICE:	ME

PEEK COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: ALLOWS THE MONITOR EXAMINE AND
		  DEPOSIT COMMANDS TO BE FUNNELED
		  TO ANY JOB.


	COMMAND FORMAT: PEEK NN

		WHERE NN IS THE NUMBER OF THE JOB TO BE
		"PEEKED".  WHEN IN PEEK MODE OPR WILL
		TYPE "**" WHEN IT IS READY FOR ANOTHER
		PEEK -LEVEL COMMAND ("E" OR "D").



	EXAMPLE:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	PEEK 27
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		OPERATOR TYPES:	E 120
		OPR RESPONDS:	000120/ 041133 003543
				**
		OPERATOR TYPES: D 041133 003444
		OPR RESPONDS:	JOB NOT IN CORE
				**
		OPERATOR TYPES:	EXIT
		OPR RESPONDS:	EH?
				**
		OPERATOR TYPES:	<CR>
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		REMARK:		TO ESCAPE FROM PEEK MODE,
				THE OPERATOR MUST TYPE
				A CARRIAGE RETURN

PRIVILEGE COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: SETS PRIVILEGE BITS IN CORE OF
		  THE JOB SPECIFIED


	COMMAND FORMAT: PRIVILEGE NN PP
			PRIVILEGE NN -PP
			PRIVILEGE NN +PP

			NN IS THE JOB NUMBER 
			PP ARE THE TEMPORARY PRIVILEGE BITS

	EXAMPLE:
		OPERATOR TYPES:	PRIV 4 5
		OPR RESPONDS:	OLD VALUE: 7
				*
		REMARK:		OPR TYPES THE OLD VALUE
				OF THE PRIVILEGE BITS.

		OPERATOR TYPES: PRIV 4 +100
		OPR RESPONDS:	OLD VALUE: 5
				*
		REMARK:		ONLY PRIVILEGE BIT 29 IS TURNED ON

		OPERATOR TYPES: PRIV 4 -100
		OPR RESPONDS:	OLD VALUE: 105
				*
		REMARK:		ONLY PRIVILEGE BIT 29 IS TURNED OFF.

PURGE COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: KILLS ALL DETACHED JOBS 
		  ON THE SYSTEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SYSTEM
  		  JOBS (OPR RECOGNIZES ONLY "DAEMON" AND
  		  "SPIRIT" AS SYSTEM JOBS)


	COMMAND FORMAT: PURGE


	EXAMPLE:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	PURGE
		OPR RESPONDS:	LOGGED OFF JOB 4 USER MEYFARTH [10,35]
		REMARK:		OPR WILL TYPE OUT ALL JOBS
				THAT IT HAS LOGGED OFF

REPEAT COMMAND



	FUNCTION: TO REPEAT A OPR COMMAND


	COMMAND FORMAT: REPEAT NN COMMAND

			NN IS THE TIME INTERVAL IN SECONDS
			COMMAND IS THE COMMAND TO BE REPEATED


	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES: REPEAT 10 WHO WIZ
		OPR RESPONDS:	3 WIZARD 10,50 TTY1 MAGTPE SL SW 2+3 0:00:17
		OPR RESPONDS:	3 WIZARD 10,50 TTY1 MAGTPE SL SW 2+3 0:00:18
		REMARK:		A <CR> WILL ABORT THE REQUEST

STOP COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: PLACES THE JOB SPECIFED IN ^C STATE.  THE JOB
		  MAY BE CONTINUED THROUGH OPR USING THE
		  "CONTINUE" COMMAND.


	COMMAND FORMAT: STOP NN

			NN IS THE NUMBER OF THE JOB
			TO BE STOPPED

	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	STOP 5
		OPR RESPONDS:	? ILLEGAL JOB NUMBER: 5
		REMARK:		JOB WAS NOT ON THE SYSTEM

		OPERATOR TYPES:	STOP 4
		OPR RESPONDS:	*

TALK COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: ALLOWS THE OPR USER TO SEND 1 OR MORE COMMANDS
		  (MONITOR OR USER) TO THE JOB SPECIFIED.


	COMMAND FORMAT: TALK NN/SWITCH

			NN IS TO JOB NUMBER TO BE "TALKED"

	SWITCHES:	/USER		USER MODE IF POSSIBLE (DEFAULT)
			/MONITOR	MONITOR MODE ALWAYS

	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	TALK5
		OPR RESPONDS:	WHAT'S TALK5?
		REMARK:		OPR COMMANDS AND ARGUMENTS MUST BE SEPARATED
				BY AT LEAST ONE SPACE

		OPERATOR TYPES:	TALK 13
		OPR RESPONDS:	? ILLEGAL JOB NUMBER 13
		REMARK:		JOB THIRTEEN WAS NOT AN ACTIVE JOB

		OPERATOR TYPES:	TALK 3
		OPR RESPONDS:
		OPERATOR TYPES:	PJ
		RESPONSE:	3
				.
		OPERATOR TYPES:	CORE
		RESPONSE:	5+0/28K CORE
				VIR. CORE LEFT=293K
				.
		OPERATOR TYPES:	^Z
		OPR RESPONDS:	*
		REMARK:		OPR STAYS ATTACHED TO JOB NUMBER THREE
				UNTIL A CONTROL-Z (^Z) IS TYPED.
				AT THAT POINT THE OPERATOR IS
				RETURNED TO THE OPR * COMMAND LEVEL.

WATCH COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: RELEASES SPIRIT TO WATCH THE SYSTEM
		  SEE THE SPIRIT SECTION FOR FULL DETAILS


	COMMAND FORMAT: WATCH


	EXAMPLE:

		OPERATOR TYPES:	WATCH
		OPR RESPONDS:	DETACHING FROM TERMINAL
		REMARK:		THE [1,2] JOB IS NOW DETACHED
				RUNNING SPIRIT

WHAT COMMAND



	FUNCTION: TYPES OUT SYSTEM STATUS AS COMPILED BY SPIRIT


	COMMAND FORMAT: WHAT


	EXAMPLE:

		USER TYPES:	WHAT
		OPR RESPONDS WITH THE DATE, TIME, PERIOD, %NULL
			%IDLE, %LOST, RESPONSE, WARNING AND
			THE NUMBER OF FREE BLOCKS LEFT ON EACH
			STRUCTURE IN THE SYSTEM SEARCH LIST
			ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING:

			DATE & TIME:	DATE AND TIME THAT THE FOLLOWING
					PARAMETERS WERE RECORDED
			PERIOD:		PERIOD (HH:MM:SS) OVER WHICH
					THE PARAMETERS WERE CALCULATED
			%NULL:		AVERAGE NULL TIME OVER THE PERIOD
					(IDLE + LOST TIME)
			%IDLE:		AVERAGE IDLE TIME OVER THE PERIOD
					(TIME LOST BECAUSE THERE ARE
					NO RUNABLE JOBS)
			%LOST:		AVERAGE LOST TIME OVER THE PERIOD
					(TIME LOST BECAUSE THERE WERE
					NO RUNABLE JOBS IN CORE)
			RESPONSE:	RESPONSE TIME IN SECONDS.
			STRUCTURES:	NUMBER OF FREE BLOCKS ON MOUNTED
					STRUCTURES

WHO COMMAND



	FUNCTION: ALLOWS USER TO GET STATUS OF A USER, TERMINAL,
		  A SPECIFIC PROGRAM OR A JOB


	COMMAND FORMAT: WHO
			WHO /JOB:NN
			WHO /ME
			WHO /NOOPR
			WHO /FAST
			WHO /SLOW
			WHO /PERFORMANCE
			WHO /TTY:TT
			WHO /DETACH
			WHO /BATCH
			WHO /LOCAL
			WHO /DIALUP
			WHO /USER:YYYYYY
			WHO /PROG:ZZZZZZ
			WHO /CORE
			WHO /CORE:CC
			WHO /FROM:COMMAND
			WHO /STATISTICS
			WHO /PPN:[P,PN]
			WHO /BYLINE
			WHO /ACTIVE
			WHO /VM
			WHO /ON:FOO
			WHO /HELP

			A NULL ARGUMENT SPEICFIES ALL USERS
			/ME SPECIFIES THE JOB PRESENTLY LOGGED IN
			/NOOPR SPECIFIES ALL NON-OPERATOR JOBS
			/FAST SPECIFIES FAST INFO
			/SLOW SPECIFIES SLOW INFO
			/PERFORMANCE SPECIFIES STATUS WITH STATISTICS
			/JOB:NN IS THE JOB NUMBER
			/TTY:TT IS THE TTY ARGUMENT: NN, TTYNN, OR PTYNN
			/DETACH SPECIFIES DETACHED JOBS
			/BATCH SPECIFIES BATCH JOBS
			/LOCAL SPECIFIES LOACL AND REMOTE JOBS
			/DIALUP SPECIFIES DIALUP JOBS
			/USER:YYYYYY IS THE USER'S NAME (1-6 CHARACTERS) 
			/PROG:ZZZZZZ IS THE PROGRAM NAME (1-6 CHARACHTERS)
			/CORE SPECIFIES INFO FOR JOBS WITH CORE GREATER
				THAN CORMAX
			CC IS CORE ASSIGNED
			COMMAND IS ANY VALID OPR COMMAND
			/STATISTICS SPECIFIES STATISTICS AND INFO
				FOR LARGE JOBS
			P,PN IS A PROJECT PROGRAMMER NUMBER
			/BYLINE SPECIFIES INFO SORTED BY TTY LINE
			/ACTIVE SPECIFIES ACTIVE JOBS
			/VM SPECIFIES VIRTUAL MEMORY JOBS
			/ON:FOO SPECIFIES WHERE THE OUTPUT SHOULD GO
			/HELP REQUESTS A HELP TEXT


	EXAMPLES:

		USER TYPES:	WHO /JOB:5
		OPR RESPONDS:	5 GRE 2002,25 TTY15 OPR RN 2+3 0:00:12

		USER TYPES:	WHO /USER:WIZARD
		OPR RESPONDS:	3 WIZARD 10,50 TTY1 MAGTPE SL SW 2+3 0:00:17
		USER TYPES:	WHO /TTY:32
		OPR RESPONDS:	NO ONE
		REMARK:		NO ONE WAS LOGGED IN ON TERMINAL 32

		USER TYPES:	WHO /PROG:SP
		OPR RESPONDS:	8 GLIBBERY 3220,45 TTY14 SPSS ^C SW 24+5 0:00:13
				29 OPR 1,2 DET SPIRIT SL SW 2+3 0:01:07 HPQ1
		REMARK:		OPR ANSWERS WITH ALL PROGRAMS BEING RUN
				BEGINNING WITH "SP".

		USER TYPES:	WHO FROM:LOCATE MTA0
		OPR RESPONDS:	AS+INIT TO JOB 8
				8 WIZARD 10,50 TTY33 TAPE TI SW 2+3 0:00:05

VM COMMAND



	RESTRICTIONS: OPERATOR PRIVILEGED


	FUNCTION: TO SET VM LIMITS FOR A JOB


	COMMAND FORMAT: VM NN MM,KK

			NN IS THE NUMBER OF THE JOB
			MM IS THE NEW VIRTUAL LIMIT IN PAGES
			KK IS THE NEW PHYSICAL LIMIT IN PAGES


	EXAMPLES:

		OPERATOR TYPES: VM 5 128,96
		OPR RESPONDS:	*