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OPSER.DOC -- CHANGES FROM V5C(105) TO V5D(116) NOV 1979
COPYRIGHT (C) 1975,1976,1977,1979,1980 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT
CORPORATION, MAYNARD, MASS.
THIS SOFTWARE IS FURNISHED UNDER A LICENSE FOR USE ONLY ON A
SINGLE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MAY BE COPIED ONLY WITH THE
INCLUSION OF THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICE. THIS SOFTWARE, OR
ANY OTHER COPIES THEREOF, MAY NOT BE PROVIDED OR OTHERWISE
MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY OTHER PERSON EXCEPT FOR USE ON SUCH
SYSTEM AND TO ONE WHO AGREES TO THESE LICENSE TERMS. TITLE
TO AND OWNERSHIP OF THE SOFTWARE SHALL AT ALL TIMES REMAIN
IN DEC.
THE INFORMATION IN THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT
BY DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION.
DEC ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OR RELIABILITY OF
ITS SOFTWARE ON EQUIPMENT WHICH IS NOT SUPPLIED BY DEC.
1.0 SUMMARY
OPSER VERSION 5D(116) IS A MAINTENANCE RELEASE THAT
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INCORPORATES THE CHANGES PRODUCED BY SPR'S. A LIST OF
THE CHANGES AND THE ASSOCIATED SPR NUMBER IS INCLUDED
IN SECITON 5.
OPSER VERSION 5D IS SUPPORTED AND TESTED UNDER 7.00 AND
7.01 MONITORS.
OPSER IS DOCUMENTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING NOTEBOOK: 1.
NOTEBOOK 12 - OPSER PROGRAMMING SPECIFICATION
2. NOTEBOOK 14 - OPERATOR'S GUIDE
3. NOTEBOOK 4 - MPB OPERATION PROCEDURES
(IMPLICIT)
2.0 EXTERNAL CHANGES
THE FOLLOWING VISIBLE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE:
AT KSYS TIME, ALL LEVELS OF SUBJOBS WILL BE KILLED.
WHEN OPSER IS RUN VIA INITIA TO AUTOMATICALLY RUN AN AUTO
FILE, THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE NAME OF
THE AUTO FILE TO PROCESS.
1. IF RUN ON THE "OPR" LINE (I.E. MONGEN ANSWERED,
USUALLY THE "CTY"), USE "SYS:OPR.ATO"
2. IF ANY OTHER LOCAL (I.E. NON-NETWORK) LINE, USE
"SYS:TTYnnn.ATO", WHERE "nnn" IS THE LINE NUMBER,
LEADING ZEROS SUPRESSED (E.G. "SYS:TTY4.ATO")
3. IF THE CTY ON A REMOTE STATION (USUALLY LINE 0),
USE "SYS:OPRn.ATO", WHERE "n" IS THE NODE NUMBER,
LEADING ZEROS SURPRESSED (E.G. "SYS:OPR31.ATO")
4. IF ANY OTHER NETWORK LINE, USE "SYS:nnnlll.ATO",
WHERE "nnn" IS THE NODE NUMBER AND "lll" IS THE
LINE NUMBER, LEADING ZEROS SUPPLIED (E.G.
"SYS:031042.ATO" FOR LINE 42 ON NODE 31.)
3.0 KNOWN BUGS AND DEFICIENCIES
THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON THE TYPES (OR CHARACTERISTICS) OF
JOBS THAT MAY RECEIVE COMMANDS THROUGH AUTO FILES.
THESE JOBS MUST USE CONVENTIONS SIMILAR TO THE ONES
USED BY BATCON, LPTSPL, OR OTHER SUPPORTED PROGRAMS
THAT ARE DESIGNED TO RUN AS SUBJOBS OF OPSER. THAT IS,
THEY MUST HIBERNATE ON TTY INPUT OR GO QUICKLY INTO TTY
INPUT WAIT. DOC FILES THAT ACCOMPANIED OPSERS 5A(67),
5B(73) AND 5C(110) EXPLAINED THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF
THE TIMING PROBLEMS THAT CAN ARISE, BUT IT IS
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SUFFICIENT TO SAY THAT, ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY IS
SMALL, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT LINES READ FROM AN AUTO FILE
DIRECTED TO A SUBJOB THAT EITHER HAS SET HIBERNATE
ENABLE BIT ON TTY INPUT, SUCH AS MCS, OR DOES NOT
FOLLOW THOSE CONVENTIONS, COULD BE LOST.
4.0 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
SEE OPSER.CTL FOR THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.
5.0 INTERNAL CHANGES
106 OPSER WAS A LITTLE SLOW RECOVERING FROM CONTROL-C'S.
SPR 10-25520
107 OPSER LEFT SUBJOBS RUNNING LOGIN WHEN LOGIN FAILED.
SPR 10-24809
110 WHEN :LOGIN FAILS WITH NO FREE SUBJOBS, THE CURRNT
SUBJOB REMAINS SET TO THE LAST SUBJOB USED BEFORE THE
FAILED :LOGIN. SPR 10-24596
111 OVERFLOW OCCURS WHILE CONVERTING THE SYSTEM UP TIME TO
MILLISECONDS IF THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN UP FOR 160
CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR LONGER. SPR 10-27243
112 IF AN .ATO FILE HAS SEQUENCE NUMBERS, THE SEQUENCE
NUMBER WILL BE THROWN AWAY BUT THE BYTE COUNT IN THE
BUFFER HEADER DOESN'T ADJUST CORRECTLY. SPR 10-27401
113 AT KSYS TIME OPSER DOESN'T KILL ALL THE SUBJOBS. SPR
10-26985
114 IMPLEMENT "nnnlll.ATO" FILE NAME AS DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 2.0. SPR 10-28302
115 AN ERROR IN EDIT 113 CAUSED BATCH JOBS TO BE KSYS'ED,
CORRECT IT.
116 USE 7 SERIES GETTAB FOR SYSTEM UPTIME WHEN PROCESSING
TIME OF DAY AUTO FILES.
6.0 SUGGESTIONS
NONE.