@MCRGENRL 1 LIST -- Help is available for most MCR commands. Type HELP MCR for guidance. -- Help is available for the following batch and queue processing commands: BATCH PRINT QUEUE SUBMIT -- Help is available for the following RMS utilities: BCK CNV DEF DSP IFL RST -- Help is available for the following utilities, system tasks, and features: ACCOUNTING ASCII BAD BASIC BRU CCL CDA CMP CON COT DECNET DMP DSC EBCDIC EDI EDT ERRLOG ERRORS EXECUTIVE FCS FLX FMT F4P IND IOX LBR MAG ODT PAT PIP PMD RMD RMS SHADOW_RECORDING SLP SYSGEN SYSLIB TKB TKTN TTSYM VIRTUAL_DISKS VMR VFY ZAP -- and for the following DECUS utilities: ATT AVD CCL CVL DOB DVD FRC GREP LST RATFOR RUNOFF SORTS SPEED SRD SUPMAC TECO TPP TRN TTY T2T UNDELETE UVT100 WHO XRF -- Help is also available for various DCL commands. Type HELP DCL. 1 MCR Help is available for the following MCR commands: ABORT ACS ACTIVE ALL ALTER ASN ATL BLK BOOT BRK BRO BYE CANCEL CBD CLI CLQ DCL DEA DEBUG DEV DMO FIX FLAG HELLO HELP INI INSTALL LOAD LOGIN LUN MOUNT OPEN PAR REASSIGN REDIRECT REMOVE RESUME RUN SAVE SET SSM TAL TAS TIME UFD UNB UNFIX UNLOAD UNSTOP 1 ABORT The ABORT command terminates execution of a specified task. The general form of the ABORT task command is: ABO[RT] [taskname][/PMD][/TERM=TTnn:] taskname The name of the task to abort. If taskname is not specified, the task started by a RUN command is aborted. /PMD Forces a Postmortem Dump of the task. See also HELP PMD. /TERM=TTnn: (Privileged keyword.) Aborts a task requested from the specified terminal. 1 CHECKPOINT_SPACE #ACS 1 ACS The ALLOCATE CHECKPOINT SPACE (ACS) command allocates or discontinues a checkpoint file on disk for systems that support dynamic allocation of checkpoint space. The ACS command is a privileged command. The general form of the ACS command is: ACS ddnn:/BLKS=n where n is the number of blocks to be allocated on device ddnn:. If n is zero, the use of the file is discontinued. 1 ACTIVE @MCRACT 1 ALLOCATE The ALLOCATE command establishes a specified device as a private device. It is a legal MCR command only on multiuser protection systems. The general form of the ALLOCATE command is: ALL[OCATE] dd[nn:] [=llnn:] [/keyword] TERM=TTnn: TYPE=dev dd The 2-letter device mnemonic. nn: The device's unit number. llnn: The optional name of a logical device. /TERM=TTnn: Specifies the terminal number (TTnn:) to which the device is to be allocated. /TYPE=dev Specifies the type of device wanted when doing a generic allocation. The following are valid devices for generic allocation: ML11 RK06 RL01 RM02 RP02 RS03 TE16 RA80 RK07 RL02 RM03 RP03 RS04 TM02/TM03/TM78 RF11 RM05 RP05 RX01 TS11 RK05 RM80 RP06 RX02 TU45/TU77/TU78 RP07 TU56 TU58 TU60 1 ALTER @MCRALT 1 ASN #ASSIGN 1 ASSIGN @MCRASN 1 ATL @MCRATL 1 AUTHORS These help files have been brought to you by the friendly folks (and a couple of grouches) in the Spit Brook woods of Nashua, New Hampshire. 1 BLOCK #BLK 1 BLK The BLOCK command blocks an installed task. It declares that the specified task is no longer eligible to execute or to compete for memory. The general form of the BLOCK command is: BLK [taskname][/TERM=TTnn:] taskname The name of the task to be blocked. If taskname is not specified, the task started by a RUN command from the issuing terminal (task TTnn) is blocked. /TERM=TTnn: (Privileged keyword.) Blocks a task requested from the specified terminal. 1 BOOT The general format of the BOOT command is: BOOt [filespec] The system contained in the specified file is booted. The default filespec is LB:[current UIC]RSX11M.SYS;latest version. BOOT ignores any switches given in the command line. 1 BREAKPOINT #BRK 1 BRK The BREAKPOINT TO XDT command passes control to the Executive Debugging Tool (XDT). The command must be issued from the console terminal. The general format of the BRK command is: BRK To resume execution of RSX-11M-PLUS, type P. To enter the crash or panic dump routine, type X. 1 BROADCAST @MCRBRO 1 BACKUP #BRU 1 RESTORE #BRU 1 FAST_BACKUP #BRU 1 BRU @BRU 1 BYE Typing BYE to a default or explicit MCR prompt logs you off the system. Allocated devices are deallocated and privately mounted devices are dismounted. All nonprivileged tasks and certain privileged tasks active on your terminal are aborted. If LB:[1,2]SYSLOGOUT.CMD exists and a silent logout has not been requested, the system executes the command file. If you are logged in via a remote or DECNET line, typing: BYE ...or... BYE /NOHOLD causes the line to be disconnected. Typing : BYE /HOLD causes the system to hold the remote or DECNET line so that you may log in to another account. 1 CANCEL The CANCEL command cancels time-based initiation requests for a task. The general format of the CANCEL command is: CAN[CEL] taskname If any time-based schedule requests for the task exist, they are removed. If the task is executing, this execution is not affected. 1 COMMAND_LINE_INTERPRETER #CLI 1 CLI @MCRCLI 1 CLOCK_QUEUE #CLQUEUE 1 CLQUEUE The CLOCK QUEUE command displays on the entering terminal information about tasks currently in the clock queue. The general format of the CLOCK QUEUE command is: CLQ[UEUE] Any pending time-based schedule requests will be displayed. 1 COMMON_BLOCK_DIRECTORY #CBD 1 CBD @MCRCBD 1 CON For HELP on CON, the Reconfiguration task, type CON HELP or CON /HE. 1 COT @COT 1 DCL The DCL command allows you to issue DCL commands from a terminal that is set to MCR. Instead of MCR processing the command line, DCL processes it. The general format of the DCL command is: DCL command-line Please type HELP/DCL for DCL help. Whenever a DCL help file tells you to type "HELP ", you must type "HELP/DCL ". 1 DEALLOCATE The DEALLOCATE command releases a private (allocated) device, thereby allowing other users to access it. The general format of the DEALLOCATE command is: DEA[LLOCATE] [ddnn:] The specified device is deallocated. Privileged users may deallocate devices assigned to other than the issuing terminal. If no device is specified, all devices allocated to the issuing terminal are deallocated. 1 DEBUG @MCRDEB 1 DEVICES The DEVICES command displays on the entering terminal the symbolic names of all devices, the names of all devices of a particular type, the name of a specific device, or all logged-in terminals. The general forms of the device display command are: DEV[ICES] Displays information about all devices. DEV[ICES] dd: Displays information about units of device type dd:. DEV[ICES] ddnn: Displays information about the specific device. DEV[ICES] /LOG Displays a list of all logged-in terminals. 1 DISMOUNT #DMOUNT 1 DMOUNT The general form of the DISMOUNT volume command is: DMO ddnn:[volume-label][/keywords] The specified volume is dismounted. If "volume-label" is specified, it is checked against the volume's label to ensure that the proper volume is being dismounted. Privileged users can dismount any volume. Keywords for the DISMOUNT command are: /DEV (Privileged keyword.) Dismounts all users from a specific device. /USER Dismounts all volumes that a user has mounted. /TERM=TTnn: (Privileged keyword.) Dismounts all volumes that a user at the specified terminal has mounted. /LOCK=option Allows logical I/O to a volume after it is dismounted. (This keyword is not valid for all devices.) 1 ERRORS @ERRORS 1 ERRLOG @ERRLOG 1 F4P @F4P 1 FIX_IN_MEMORY The FIX command loads and locks a task into its partition. The general form of the FIX command is: FIX taskname[/keyword] The specified task must be installed, inactive, and not checkpointable. Fixed task remain physically in memory even after they exit. They do not have to be loaded when a request is made to run them. Keywords for the FIX command are: /REG Fixes a region. /RON Fixes a common, read-only segment of a multiuser task. 1 FLAG @MCRFLA 1 HELLO @MCRHEL 1 LOGIN @MCRLOGIN 1 HELP @MCRHELP 1 HOME @MCRHOM 1 INDIRECT @ICP 1 INI @MCRINI 1 INSTALL @MCRINS 1 LOAD @MCRLOA 1 LOGICAL_UNIT_NUMBERS #LUNS 1 LUNS The LUN command displays the static LUN assigments for a specified task. The general form LUN command is: LUN[S] taskname where taskname is the name of the task for which assignments are to be displayed. The current static assignments for the task are displayed. 1 MOUNT @MCRMOU 1 OPEN_REGISTER @MCROPE 1 PARTITIONS The PARTITION DEFINITIONS command displays on the entering terminal a description of each memory partition in the system. The format of the PAR command is: PAR[TITIONS] For each partition in the system, the name, octal address of the PCB (Partition Control Block), octal base address, octal size, partition type, and description of partition occupant are displayed on the entering terminal. 1 PRINT @MCRPRINT 1 QUEUE @MCRQUE 1 REASSIGN The REASSIGN command reassigns a task's logical unit numbers (LUNs) from one physical device unit to another. The general form of the REASSIGN command is: REA[SSIGN] taskname lun ddnn: taskname The name of the installed task whose static assignment is to be modified. lun The logical unit number to reassign. ddnn: The new device unit that the LUN is to refer to. 1 REDIRECT The REDIRECT command redirects all I/O requests previously directed to one physical device unit to another physical device unit. The general format of the REDIRECT command is: RED[IRECT] nddnn:=oddnn: nddnn: The new device unit to which subsequent requests will go. oddnn: The old device unit from which requests have been diverted. 1 REMOVE The REMOVE command deletes an entry (a task name) from the System Task Directory (STD) and thereby removes the task from the system. The general format of the REMOVE command is: REM[OVE] [ddnn:] taskname taskname The name of the task to be removed. ddnn: The device from which the task was installed. The command also accepts a keyword, /REG, which removes a region from the Common Block Directory (CBD). The format of the command line is: REM[OVE] region-name/REG 1 RESUME The RESUME command continues execution of a previously suspended task. The general format of the RESUME command is: RES[UME] taskname[/TERM=TTnn:] taskname The name of the task that is to be resumed. The specified task will continue execution. /TERM=TTnn: (Privileged keyword.) Resumes a task initiated from the specified terminal. 1 RUN @MCRRUN 1 SAVE @MCRSAV 1 SET @MCRSET 1 SUBMIT @MCRSUBMIT 1 SYSTEM_SERVICE_MESSAGE #SSM 1 SSM The SSM command inserts text into the error log file. The text appears in the error log reports produced by the error log report generator. The format of the SSM command is: SSM message where message is a text string up to a maximum of 79 characters. 1 TAL The TAL command displays the names and status of all tasks or of a specific task installed in the system. The format of the TAL command is: TAL [taskname] If taskname is not specified, information is displayed for all tasks installed in the system. The display format is the same as that of the MCR ATL command. Type HELP ATL for more information. 1 TASKLIST @MCRTAS 1 TIME The TIME command sets the current time of day or the current date, or displays the current time and date. The general format of the TIME command is: TIM[E] [hrs:mins[:secs]] [m1/day/year] or TIM[E] [hrs:mins[:secs]] [day-m2-year] When the command specifies neither time nor date, the system displays the current time and date on the entering terminal. 1 USER_FILE_DIRECTORY #UFD 1 UFD @MCRUFD 1 UNBLOCK The UNBLOCK command continues the execution of a previously blocked task. UNBLOCK is the complement of the BLOCK command. A nonprivileged user can unblock only those tasks whose TI: is the same as the issuing terminal. A privileged user can unblock any blocked task. The format of the UNBLOCK command is: UNB[LOCK] [taskname][/TERM=TTnn:] taskname The name of the task to be unblocked. If taskname is not specified, the command allows the task requested from the issuing terminal (task TTnn) to continue. /TERM=TTnn: (Privileged keyword.) Unblocks a task blocked from the specified terminal. 1 UNFIX The UNFIX command frees a fixed task in memory. The format of the UNFIX command is: UNF[IX] taskname The effect of the UNFIX command is to allow tasks that have been waiting for the partition in which the fixed task resides to compete for the partition. The UNFIX command is the complement of the FIX command. 1 UNLOAD The general form of the UNLOAD device driver command is: UNL[OAD] dd: where dd: is the 2-letter name of the device whose driver is to be unloaded. Note that loadable data bases are not unloaded when a driver with a loadable data base is unloaded. 1 UNSTOP The UNSTOP command continues execution of a task that has been stopped internally by the Executive. The format of the UNSTOP command is: UNS[TOP] [taskname][/TERM=TTnn:] taskname The name of the task. If taskname is not specified, the command unstops the task being run from the issuing terminal (task TTnn). /TERM=TTnn: (Privileged keyword.) Unstops the task stopped from the specified terminal. 1 ACCOUNTING @ACC 1 ASCII @ASCII 1 EBCDIC @EBCDIC 1 VERIFY #VFY 1 VFY @VFY 1 TKB @TKB 1 EXECUTIVE @EXECUTIVE 1 FCS @FCS 1 BATCH_PROCESSING @BATCH 1 CDA @CDA 1 MAG @MAG 1 DUMP #DMP 1 DMP @DMP 1 BAD @BAD 1 BASIC @BAS 1 SHADOW_RECORDING @SHADOW 1 SYSLIB @SYSLIB 1 CMP @CMP 1 DSC @DSC 1 EDI @EDI 1 EDT @MCREDT 1 FILEX #FLX 1 FLEX #FLX 1 FLX @FLX 1 FMT @FMT 1 IOX @IOX 1 LBR @LBR 1 ODT @ODT 1 PMD @PMD 1 PATCH #PAT 1 PAT @PAT 1 PIP @PIP 1 RMS @RMS 1 BCK #RMSBCK 1 RMSBCK @RMSBCK 1 CNV #RMSCNV 1 RMSCNV @RMSCNV 1 DEF #RMSDEF 1 RMSDEF @RMSDEF 1 DSP #RMSDSP 1 RMSDSP @RMSDSP 1 IFL #RMSIFL 1 RMSIFL @RMSIFL 1 RST #RMSRST 1 RMSRST @RMSRST 1 SLIPPER #SLP 1 SLIPR #SLP 1 SLP @SLP 1 SYSTEM_GENERATION #SYSGEN 1 SYSGEN @SYSGEN 1 TASK_TERMINATION_NOTIFICATION #TKTN 1 TKTN @TKTN 1 TTSYM @TTSYM 1 VMR @VMR 1 ZAP @ZAP 1 RATFOR @RATFOR 1 SUPMAC #SUPERMAC 1 SUPERMAC @SUPMAC 1 GREP @GREP 1 AVD @AVD 1 DVD @DVD 1 FRC @FRC 1 LST @LST 1 RNO #RUNOFF 1 RUNOFF @RNO 1 TECO #VTEDIT 1 VTEDIT @TEC 1 SORTS @SORTS 1 SPEED @SPEED 1 SRD @SRD 1 UVT100 @UVT100 1 WHO @WHO 1 CCL @CCL 1 TRN @TRN 1 DOB @DOB 1 TPP @TPP 1 T2T @T2T 1 ATT @ATT 1 XRF @XRF 1 CVL @CVL 1 RMDEMO @RMD 1 DECNET @DECNET 1 TTY @TTY 1 UNDELETE @UNDELETE 1 VIRTUAL_DISKS @VIRTUAL