From: MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX" 11-SEP-1992 19:44:20.77 To: info-vax@kl.sri.com CC: Subj: Operations Manual (ascii) 3/3 return to read the messages available under that topic. (You can also type a number to move to that number) Some Common News Commands NEWSGROUPS <-- See newsgroup listing DIR <-- See message directory EXIT <-- Leave NEWS PRINT <-- Print a message EXTRACT <-- Put a message in a file FORWARD <-- Send a message in mail REPLY <-- Reply only to originator POST <-- Post a message NATIONWIDE FOLLOWUP <-- Comment NATIONWIDE REGISTER COMP.SYS.NEXT <-- Join that group DEREGISTER COMP.SYS.NEXT <-- Remove yourself For more information on using NEWS, go into news and read the BEGIN news group. NOTE: Before you post something to a NEWS newsgroup, be aware that it will be posted to all other NEWS sites nationwide. Think carefully before you make a posting! Just to give you an idea of the breadth of the substantive topics available, you'll find newsgroups on everything from a discussion of the VMS operating system (COMP.OS.VMS) to a discussion of the Chinese political system (SOC.CULTURE.CHINA) to news about FUSION (SCI.PHYSICS.FUSION) to hot job tips (MISC.JOBS.OFFERED) to a general potpourri in the MISC.MISC and JUNK newsgroups. -- Utilities No BIN# on Printouts If a person is continually printing files without a bin number, you can send a pre-made mail message to them with the command NOBIN. This will send them a message stating that their previous files didn't have bin numbers, tell them the correct format for printing files, tell them that their previous printouts may be found in the blank bins, and suggest further reading on the subject of printing. Examples: NOBIN CVADR000 NOBIN HETSAMNIA As shown above, any existing VAX account number may follow the NOBIN command. Below is the message that is sent. When submitting files to be printed on the main printers, please use the format: PRINT/NAME="your name, bin#" filename. This will give your output a bin # where the operator can then put the listing. (The bins are located in bldg. 8, room 146. Bin numbers range from 00 thru 98) Without a bin number, there is no indication of where the output should be placed, and so, all files printed without one will be either be discarded or placed in the blank bins underneath the numbered bins. If you wish to print your output at the RPS printer in 15-1 (the Library), please use the format: PRINT/NAME="your name"/QUEUE=RPS filename. For further information on printing, and on how you can automate your printing commands, see the handout "Printing on the VAX". Handouts are located in 97-121 and 15-1. Thank you for you assistance. Computing Resource Center Printing Executable & Object Files If a person is printing executable or object files (or any file type that is causing problems with the printers), you may send a pre-made mail message to them informing them of their actions with the command OPNOTE. This will tell them what they're doing wrong and what types of files can and cannot be printed. (In general, any file that can be listed to the screen with the TYPE command can also be printed) Examples: OPNOTE CVADR000 OPNOTE SYSMGR1 As shown above, any existing VAX account number may follow the OPNOTE command. Below is the message that is sent. Please do not submit any executable or object files for printing. These can usually be distinguished by the suffixes .EXE and .OBJ respectively. These types of files are not meant to be printed (they contain no legible information) and they can cause problems with the printers. Several other binary file types also cause this (notably some SQL files). In general, if you can list the file to the screen with the TYPE command, the file may also be printed. Thank you for you assistance. Computing Resource Center -- Utilities Banners (Line Printer Generated Signs) The BANNER program is used to print giant line-printer banners. Banners can be of any length, your disk quota allowing. To use the BANNER program: $ @USER_DISK:[OPR.OPERATOR.COMMANDS]SETUP $ BANNER Output Filename? myfile.banner <-- The banner will be stored in this file Enter banner message -> This is my banner <-- Enter message for your banner This is my banner <-- Program makes banner here Another banner? no <-- Nope, we just want this one $ PRINT/NOFEED BANNERFILE.TXT or $ PRINT/NOFEED/FORM=NARROW BANNERFILE.TXT $ DEL BANNERFILE.TXT <-- Delete it after done printing NOTE: Since this banner program saves its output to a file, your disk quota may be a consideration here. The larger the banner, the more space it will consume. The banner "This is my banner" will take 82 blocks of disk space. The /FORM=NARROW option on the print command will print the banner on small white paper instead of the normal 132 column green-bar paper. Print jobs using this form are usually printed once or twice a day. Fortune Cookies FORTUNE is a program which looks into a database for interesting/funny/historical quotes and sayings gathered by many people around the world for many years now. FORTUNE is more formally known as the fortune-cookie program and was originally found only on early UNIX boxes. To use FORTUNE: $ @USER_DISK:[OPR.OPERATOR.COMMANDS]SETUP.COM You may wish to put this in your login.com file so it will be set up every time you log in. You may then simply type: $ FORTUNE or $ COOKIE and get a funny, etc. quote. FORTUNE also defines the global symbols LOG and BYE to give you a fortune every time you log off. -- Utilities Line Printer Calendars You can use the SAS program on the VAX to make line printer calendars. To do this: $ EDIT/TPU CAL.SAS options ls=81 nodate nonumber; title ' '; proc format; value calform .=' '; data; input day : date7. bogus @@; format bogus calform.; cards; 1jan89 . 31dec89 . proc calendar fill header=large; id day; $ SAS6_SETUP $ SAS CAL $ PRINT CAL.LIS On-Screen Calendars The CALENDAR program creates a monthly calendar for any month of the 20th through the 23rd centuries. If the current month (or any particular date) is requested, the current day (or selected date) is highlighted. A variety of standard date input formats are allowed. Although the calendar was designed for DEC VTxxx terminals, most other terminals should work. To use CALENDAR: $ @USER_DISK:[OPR.OPERATOR.COMMANDS]SETUP.COM You may wish to put this in your login.com file so it will be set up every time you log in. You can then get a calendar at any time by typing CALENDAR [parameter]. Examples: CALENDAR CALENDAR JUNE CALENDAR SEP 1993 CALENDAR ? <-- Gives the CALENDAR Help page CAL <-- Can be abbreviated to CAL -- Miscellanious Useful Commands DIRECTORY The directory command displays a list of files in a directory. Qualifiers: /Size=All Displays the size (in blocks) used by and allocated to each file. /Security Displays file security, including file owner and protection fields. /Full Displays size, dates, security, and system information. /Grand_total Suppresses the file listing and displays only the total-line for all files selected. Examples: dir Lists all files located in the default directory. dir/secu/size=all Lists all files, with size and security information, located in the default directory. CREATE/DIR This command will create a sub-directory. Qualifier /Protection=(O:RWED) This is recommended: It allows the user to later delete the subdirectory. Examples: Create/Dir/Prot=(O:RWED) [.Reports] Creates the directory [.Reports] in the default directory. TYPE Displays a file to the screen. Examples: Type Login.com Displays the Login.com file to the screen. Type/Page Login.com Displays the Login.com file to the screen and pauses after each page full. RENAME Renames a file from one name to another name. Examples: Rename Weekly.txt Weekly.report Gives Weekly.txt the new name of Weekly.report. COPY Copies a file from one location to another (or one name to another). Examples: Copy Weekly.report Weekly.backup Copies Weekly.report into the new file Weekly.backup. Copy [OPR.MPYE]Login.com Login.com Copies the file Login.com from [OPR.MPYE] to the default directory. DELETE Deletes a file or directory. Examples: Delete Weekly.backup; Deletes the latest version of the file Weekly.backup. Delete Weekly.backup.* Deletes ALL versions of the file Weekly.backup. PRINT Prints a file. Qualifiers: /after = time Request that the job not be printed until a specific time of day. /copies = n Requests that n copies of the file be printed. The default is one copy. /form = narrow Requests that the file be printed on narrow (AK) paper. Examples: Print weekly.report Prints the file weekly.report with no modifications. Print/after=23:00 weekly.report Prints the file weekly.report after 11 p.m. Print/copies=10/form=narrow/after=14:00 Prints 10 copies of the file weekly.report after 2 p.m. on narrow (AK) paper. PURGE Deletes all but the highest version of all files. HELP Help accesses the interactive on-line help facility. The help facility can display information about a DCL command or topic. To exit from help, type CTRL/Z. SET PASSWORD Allows you to change your password. You will prompted for the old and new passwords. Passwords must be at least eight characters in length. -- Miscellaneous Useful Commands LOGOUT Logs your account out of the system. May also use the command BYE. SET TIME Sets the System Time. Each VAX/Console must be set separately. Requires LOG_IO privs. Examples: SET TIME=1-JAN-1999:12:34:00 Sets time to 12:34 PM on January 1, 1999. SHOW Displays various system information. Qualifiers: /Device Shows all devices on the system. A single letter or group of letters can be used to narrow the listing down. i.e. SHOW DEVICE DU will show all disks on the system. /Default Displays the current default directory /Error Shows all errors on the system. /User Shows all users on the system. /System Will show the processes on the system as well as a bit of information on the processes. Examples: show dev sys$tape Will show the system tape drive. show dev du Shows all disk drives. show user neking Will show if NEKING is logged on. REPLY REPLY /qualifier "" Qualifiers /Enable Enable the terminal as an operators console. /Status Check on all outstanding mount requests. You must be enabled as an operator to do this. /To Sends a successful completion message to a request that is pending. /ABORT Aborts a pending request. /USER Sends a message to a certain user on the system. /Term Sends a message to a specific terminal. The terminal must be turned on, but doesn't need to be logged on. /All Sends a message to ALL terminals that are turned on. /URGENT This is used with the /TERM, /USER, or /ALL option and sends a message with a bell and attaches an "URGENT". Examples: reply/abort=12345 "you are not authorized to mount that tape" reply/user=neking "HELP - the tape drive doesn't work" -- VAX Operator Hotkey Summary This is a small summary of the VAX Operator Commands or Hotkeys. The majority of the Hotkeys are simply substitutes for the full length VMS command. A few of the Hotkeys execute command procedures or programs. Most of these commands are fully documented elsewhere in this manual - wherever they apply. All of the command procedures used for these Hotkeys are currently located in USER_DISK:[OPR.OPERATOR.COMMANDS]. All operator accounts have access to this directory. To view any of the files used, simply use SET DEFAULT USER_DISK:[OPR.OPERATOR.COMMANDS] to attach to this directory. From here you can type, list, print, etc. any of the associated files. Use SET DEFAULT SYS$LOGIN to go back to your home directory. Command Meaning q Used to display the various queues. Example: Q A . This will display ALL the queues. Q 1 . This will display the PTR1 print queues. Q B . This will display all BATCH queues. Enter Q by itself to get a HELP file and listing of all abbreviations. rq Aborts & requeues jobs on the various queues. The RQ procedure will requeue BOTH queues associated with a particular printer. Ex: RQ 1 will requeue both the ADVAX1 and ADVAX2_PTR1 queues. Enter RQ for a one page listing on how to use this command. stopq Used to stop the various queues. The STOPQ procedure will stop BOTH queues associated with a particular printer. Ex: STOPQ 1 will stop both the ADVAX1 and ADVAX2 PTR1 queues. Enter STOPQ for a one page description of how to use this command. startq Used to start the various queues. The STARTQ procedure will start BOTH queues associated with a particular printer. Ex: STARTQ 1 will start both the ADVAX1 and ADVAX2_PTR1 queues. Enter STARTQ for a one page description of how to use this command. kill Used to delete a job that is either printing or waiting in the print queue. Example: KILL 952. Where 952 is the entry# of the job to be deleted. Obtain this number with the "q" commands above. align Prints an alignment pattern. Example: ALIGN 1, or ALIGN 2. form Changes printer forms. Examples: FORM 1 AK, FORM 1 DEFAULT. operdoc Prints the latest copy of this document. operhelp Prints this document to the screen for quick reference. opnote Sends a note to user regarding printing .EXE and .OBJ files. Example: OPNOTE CVADR000 nobin Sends a note to user regarding printing files without a bin#. Example: NOBIN CVADR000 who & suShows users. time/date Shows time and date. Both commands do the same thing. blank Used to initialize tapes. Example: BLANK MUA0: DLY_01. It will also correctly initialize tapes already containing data. hegis Gives information about the various account numbers. Example: HEGIS CVAGK034 will give identifying information on CVAGK034. up Moves up one in the directory tree. down Moves down in the directory tree. Example: DOWN OPERDIR where OPERDIR is a valid directory. cls Clears the screen. symbols Displays ALL global symbols, including Hotkeys, and their meanings. warnSends an URGENT message to ALL users. Use format: WARN "msg..." -- ASCII Character Table DEC HX CHR DEC HX CHR DEC HX CHR 0 00 ^@ NUL 44 2C , 88 58 X 1 01 ^A SOH 45 2D - 89 59 Y 2 02 ^B STX 46 2E . 90 5A Z 3 03 ^C ETX 47 2F / 91 5B [ 4 04 ^D EOT 48 30 0 92 5C \ 5 05 ^E ENQ 49 31 1 93 5D ] 6 06 ^F ACK 50 32 2 94 5E ^ 7 07 ^G BEL 51 33 3 95 5F _ 8 08 ^H BS 52 34 4 96 60 ' 9 09 ^I TAB 53 35 5 97 61 a 10 0A ^J LF 54 36 6 98 62 b 11 0B ^K VT 55 37 7 99 63 c 12 0C ^L FF 56 38 8 100 64 d 13 0D ^M CR 57 39 9 101 65 e 14 0E ^N SO 58 3A : 102 66 f 15 0F ^O SI 59 3B ; 103 67 g 16 10 ^P DLE 60 3C < 104 68 h 17 11 ^Q DC1 61 3D = 105 69 i 18 12 ^R DC2 62 3E > 106 6A j 19 13 ^S DC3 63 3F ? 107 6B k 20 14 ^T DC4 64 40 @ 108 6C l 21 15 ^U NAK 65 41 A 109 6D m 22 16 ^V SYN 66 42 B 110 6E n 23 17 ^W ETB 67 43 C 111 6F o 24 18 ^X CAN 68 44 D 112 70 p 25 19 ^Y EM 69 45 E 113 71 q 26 1A ^Z SUB 70 46 F 114 72 r 27 1B ESC 71 47 G 115 73 s 28 1C ^\ FS 72 48 H 116 74 t 29 1D ^` GS 73 49 I 117 75 u 30 1E ^= RS 74 4A J 118 76 v 31 1F ^- US 75 4B K 119 77 w 32 20 SPC 76 4C L 120 78 x 33 21 ! 77 4D M 121 79 y 34 22 " 78 4E N 122 7A z 35 23 # 79 4F O 123 7B { 36 24 $ 80 50 P 124 7C | 37 25 % 81 51 Q 125 7D } 38 26 & 82 52 R 126 7E ~ 39 27 ' 83 53 S 127 7F DEL 40 28 ( 84 54 T 41 29 ) 85 55 U 42 2A * 86 56 V 43 2B + 87 57 W -- Notes, Comments, etc.