OpenVMS Training : Fundamentals of OpenVMS (Advanced Commands and Procedure Techniques)

Fundamentals of OpenVMS (Advanced Commands and Procedure Techniques)

OpenVMS Training Overview

This course contains advanced techniques for the system level user, system manager, or system analyst. The specialized tools shown in this course can be used to provide functionality that is desired, but not available directly through DCL commands or OpenVMS language programs.

OpenVMS Training Prerequisites

It is assumed that the participant has completed (both of )the Fundamentals of OpenVMS courses, or has equivalent system time in using and writing command procedures

OpenVMS Training Course duration

This course normally takes two (2) days, approximately 50 % lecture, and 50 % lab time.

OpenVMS Training Course outline

Advanced Logical Name Techniques

Creating private and sharable logical name tables

Using logical name modes

Special system logical names

Using logical names to control date/time formats

Using FDL and CONVERT

Designing indexed files with FDL
Creating and populating files with CONVERT
Accessing indexed files in DCL procedures

The Command Definition Utility

Layout of DCL definition tables
Modifying the loaded (or default) tables
Extracting DCL Command Definitions
Adding functions via DCL command qualifiers

EVE Editor Initialization Files

Contents of an initialization file (EVE$INIT)
Window management
Key definitions

Basics of TPU Programming

Layout of a TPU procedure
Defining TPU procedures
TPU command files
Interfacing EVE to TPU procedures

Advanced Command Procedure Techniques

Parsing command lines through DCL procedures
Redirecting I/O to subprocesses
Using mailboxes in DCL procedures
Limiting symbol scope in command procedures
Command procedure communication across DECnet
Using unbalanced quotes in symbol assignments
Passing qualifiers to command procedures
Manipulation of quoted strings

More with Lexical Functions

The "file" lexicals: F$SEARCH, F$PARSE, F$FILE
Using the "bit" lexicals: F$CVUI, F$CVSI
Using the "cluster" lexicals: F$CSID, F$GETSYI
Using the lexicals: F$GETQUI and F$DEVICE
Other capabilities of F$FAO