VMs Commands
OpenVMS (Open Virtual Memory System, previously known as VAX-11/VMS, VAX/VMS or (informally) VMS, is the name of a high-end computer server operating system that runs on VAX, Alpha and Itanium-based families of computers. OpenVMS is a multi-user, multiprocessing virtual memory-based operating system (OS) designed for use in time sharing, batch processing, real-time (where process priorities can be set higher than OS kernel jobs), and transaction processing. A command guide is available on MIT' website at http://filburt.lns.mit.edu/oops/Html/SW/VMSBasics.html
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HELP HINTS man -k topic Display a list of commands that correspond to the specified topic. INQUIRE /NOPUNCTUATION read choice? Prompt for a responce and put the response into an environment variable. INITIALIZE device: fddisk -fmt device Format a diskette.
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Conversion table for UNIX to VMS Commands ... VMS is a case insensitive operating system and abbreviations are commonly accepted for commands. With the GNV project, a bash shell is now available for VMS with many of the Unix basic commands implemented.
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VMS commands equivalent to Unix ... VMS command Unix equivalent ... HELP HINTS man -k topic : Display a list of commands that correspond to the specified topic.
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This document discusses VAX VMS system commands that are for the intermediate to advanced user. You should be familiar with basic VAX VMS commands before going through this guide. The following list of commands and subjects are described:
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There are many more basic commands than can be discussed here. For more information, consult the VMS Advanced Features Handout and/or VAX VMS Commands Manual (available in RB 134 and other computer labs), the VAX VMS HELP library (see above), or the UCS HelpDesk, located in RB 165, phone 5-1517.
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System commands can only be used at the DCL prompt, which on the UALR VAX system, is a dollar sign ($). The following list contains some of the most commonly used system commands. Additional commands can be found in the online help.
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How to Write a Native VMS Command ... In this page I give an example of the steps necessary to write a native VMS command, or at least as native as possible. There are a few things that only Compaq can do. ... To be able to do this yourself you need a fully privileged account on a VMS 7.x machine, the Compaq C compiler,
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dir List the files in the current directory. ... cdscr An alias for set def scr:[ccd]. This is the location of the scratch directories, where observing data is stored. Most users find it helpful to create a subdirectory in this location ... ; Next: Data archive commands Up: Software command reference Previous: Calibrations;
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AFS-specific commands ... [95] See section E.3 for information on VMS backup save-sets. ... Appendix E. VMS to UNIX Command Reference...
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Here is what I have discovered about Open VMS so far: Once you are logged in, you can communicate with the VMS system by entering commands from the DIGITAL Command Language (DCL). There seems to be no way to emulate the interface on a Windows 9x PC the way Cygwin does for Unix and finding an Alpha server at a garage...
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