Dates, specifying, 99–100
DCL (Digital Command Language)
abbreviating elements, 46
commands longer than one line, 47
comments, 48
comparisons using IF command, 59–61
control characters, 150–53
entering commands, 39–40, 43–50
format of commands, 41–42
HELP for commands, 115–17
keywords, 41, 44–46
lexical functions, 57–58
messages, 48–50
parameters, 42–44, 45–46
prompts for incomplete commands, 47
qualifiers, 42–44, 46
queue-related commands, 22
symbols, 50–56
verbs, 42, 43–44, 46
wildcards in commands, 70–71
See also CLI (Command Line Interpreter); specific commands
DCL paths, 76–77
DCL symbols, 50–56
as character or text variables, 54
command levels, 122–23
creating, 51, 54–55
defined, 50
deleting, 52
for error handling, 136
evaluation by DCL, 55–56
examining value of, 52
redefining verbs using, 53–54
scope of, 50–51
using in place of commands, 52–54
DEASSIGN command, 101–2
Debugger, 257
DECnet, 177–84, 275–77
aborting sessions, 184
creating tasks, 181–82
DECnet Phase IV, 177–78, 276
DECnet Phase V (DECnet OSI), 276
DECnet-Plus node names, 178
executing remote tasks, 182
foreign file specifications, 180–81
logging into another node, 183–84
logging out from remote node, 184
protocols, 276–77
proxies, 180
remote file access using, 179–80
routing, 275
troubleshooting failed tasks, 182–83
versions, 177–78, 276
DECterm, GUI interface and, 36
DECwindows Apps folder (Application Manager), 206–7
DECwindows interface, 215–24
Applications menu, 219
basics, 215
directory navigation, 220–21
ending a session, 218
FileView application, 219–23
moving window behind others, 217
Options menu, 223–24
resizing windows, 217
Session Manager, 217–18
Session menu, 218–19
starting, 215
Window Manager, 215–17
DECwindows Utilities folder (Application Manager), 207
DECW$WINMGR, 215–17
Default Printer application (New Desktop), 204
Default Printer control (New Desktop), 198
Defaults
batch job directory, 81
directory, 84, 85–86
file specification, 70
DEFINE DCL$PATH command, 77
Defragmenters, 265
DELETE command
for DCL symbols, 52
/ERASE qualifier, 144
for files, 72–73
for queue entries, 83
for subdirectories, 90–91
Deleting
DCL symbols, 52
e-mail folders, 164
e-mail messages, 162
/ERASE qualifier for, 144
files, 72–73
logical names, 101–2
previous versions of files, 74
queue entries, 83
recall buffer entries, 150
subdirectories, 90–91
subpanel items (New Desktop), 203
text in EDT, 172–73
Delta times, 100
Desktop Apps folder (Application Manager), 207–8
Desktop systems, 6–7
Desktop Tools folder (Application Manager), 208–9
Detached processes, 19
DETACH privilege, 30
Device names, 98–99
Dialog boxes, 186–87
Digital Command Language. See DCL (Digital Command Language)
Directly connected terminals, 34
Directories, 84–93
batch job caveats, 81
for batch jobs, setting default, 81
creating, 89
creating subdirectories, 89–90
default, setting and showing, 85–86
deleting subdirectories, 90–91
displaying files in, 68–69
home vs. default, 84
logical names for, 101–2
moving around in DECwindows, 220–21
moving around in OpenVMS, 86–88
overview, 84
relative notation for, 87–88
remote operations via FTP, 109
specification construction for, 85
structure of Files-11 ODS-2 disk, 91–93
tree structure, 86–87
version limits for files in, 75
wildcards for specifying, 88–89
DIRECTORY command
dates and times in, 99–100
DIRECTORY/TCP, 109
overview, 68–69
wildcards with, 88–89
Disabling broadcast messages, 107
Disk quotas, 38
Disk scavenging, 144
Displaying
batch and print queues, 81–82
DCL symbol values, 52
devices available, 227
disk-space restrictions, 28
e-mail message list for folder, 163
e-mail options, 164–65
file contents, 72
file information, 68–69
freezing the terminal display, 150
queue entries, 82–83
system processes, 20–21, 244
Distribution lists for e-mail, 162–63
Dot (.) in relative notation for directories, 87–88
Dynamic storage pools, 254–55