( Command Files ( New VAX Cmds >[CONTRERAS.UTIL.INFO]ALPHCMDS.COL ) New VAX Cmds ( Functions GETPATH.COM HOMEDIR.COM TOPDIR.COM SETFILTYP.COM ) Functions ( Procedure Sections OPT.I - Keyword Option Processing PAGE.I - Output Paging NULL.COM - Standard Sample Command File ) Proc Sect ) Command Files ( Change Requests Change file-specs to take device name. (10 Nov) Fix LF command to show all files in directory. (18 Nov, Done, 17 Mar) Change INFO command to get args from logical name. (Done, 18 Mar) Change all commands to make ASSIGNs in USER_MODE. (Done, 10 Apr) Change all cmds to use 'IT' as remembered file-spec (Done, 23 Apr) ) Change ( Notes for Utility Programs ( 15-APR-82 21:02 - Created NOTE Command This command will simplify recording of notes for work in progress, proposed changes, and error problems. ) ( 15-APR-82 22:24 - GETDRIVE.COM: New Command to Allocate Tape Drives Added GETDRIVE to help with tape file work. ) ( 16-APR-82 19:17 - Changed NOTE.COM to create NOTE file title Changed NOTE.COM to ask for a file title on -CREATE option. ) ( 16-APR-82 19:20 - Changed NOTE.COM to check for existing NOTE file If not the -CREATE option, NOTE.COM checks for existing file. ) ( 16-APR-82 19:35 - Changed NOTE.COM to abbreviate APPEND warnings In NOTE.COM, the incompatible file attributes warning issued by the APPEND command was abbreviated by SET MESSAGE/NOTEXT. ) ( 16-APR-82 20:02 - Changed NOTE.COM to record 7-character date VAX date format is cluttered. Conversion of 11-character date to 7-character form improved readability of log entries. ) ( 19-APR-82 18:58 - Copied INFO.COM as INFONEW to run [.CODE]INF.EXE INFONEW.COM was created only to test the FLECS program in [.CODE]. No functional changes from INFO.COM are intended. ) ( 20-APR-82 19:04 - DOCMD.COM renamed to version 1 (DOCMD.COM;1) When running DOCMD.COM as sub-process input, anything sent to TT: will go to DOCMD.COM. Hopefully, explicit reference to DOCMD.COM;1 will protect the sub-process input. ) ( 20-APR-82 19:18 - Copied DOCMD.COM into [.SAVE]DOCMD.SAV Just in case a privileged user writes over DOCMD.COM it's saved. ) ( 23-APR-82 10:42 - Changed NOTE.COM to check for protected note file NOTE.COM was changed to give a message & delete the temporary added file if the note file is write-protected. ) ( 24-APR-82 10:40 - Created DETAB.COM and [.HELP]DETAB.HLP to convert tabs DETAB.COM was added to allow easy conversion of tabs to multiple blanks for input to non-system utilities. ) ( 27-APR-82 20:31 - Changed LOOKUP.COM to refer to [UTIL.SWTools] The Software Tools files were moved to [UTIL.SWTools]. ) ( 27-APR-82 21:06 - Changed DOCMD.COM to invoke DB0:[UTIL]Symbols DOCMD.COM was changed to skip news checking and invoke standard symbol definitions (@DB0:[UTIL]Symbols). ) ( 15-OCT-82 19:31 - Changed NOTE.COM to include dashes in date. INFO search requires separator to find month name or year. ) ( 20-OCT-82 22:15 - Changed Multi-file edit E.COM to ESOS.COM on 17-OCT. The "E" symbol was invoked often as a typing error (or MAIL exit). ) ( 20-OCT-82 22:20 - Fixed Change-Directory CD.COM to omit LB: for CD to home. The LB logical name includes "[SYS0.]" under VMS Version V3.0. Change to home is: SET DEFAULT SYS$LOGIN. ) ( 28-JAN-83 03:15 Changed NOTE.COM to omit dash preceding title. The change allows titles to be 3 characters longer. ) ( 4-MAY-83 10:56 Changed NOTE.COM to use VMS V3.X "READ/PROMPT" option. The "/PROMPT" qualifier of the "READ" DCL command allows reading lower-case letters in input text: $ READ/PROMPT="message" SYS$COMMAND InputLine ) ( 11-MAY-83 19:40 Changed COPFTD.COM to use "FordUtil", not [SIBLEY.UTIL]. The image file name was "[SIBLEY.UTIL]COPFTD". ) ( 11-MAY-83 19:40 Changed COPDTF.COM to use "FordUtil", not [SIBLEY.UTIL]. The image file name was "[SIBLEY.UTIL]COPDTF". )