Error Processing Deviceparameters

DEVICEPARAMETER

CMD

DEV

COMMENT

EXCEPTION=expr

O/U/C

SD

Controls device-specific error handling.

File Positioning Deviceparameters

DEVICEPARAMETER

CMD

DEV

COMMENT

APPEND

O

SD

Positions file pointer at EOF.

REWIND

O/U/C

SD

Positions file pointer at start of the file.

File Format Deviceparameters

DEVICEPARAMETERS

CMD

DEV

COMMENT

ALLOCATION=intexpr

O

SD

Specifies initial size of the file.

BLOCKSIZE=intexpr

O

M11

Specifies buffer size for Files-11 magnetic tape.

CONTIGUOUS

O

SD

Controls whether file creation requires physically contiguous space.

EXTENSION=intexpr

O

SD

Specifies the extension size of the file.

[NO]FIXED

O

SD

Controls whether records have fixed length.

LENGTH=intexpr

U

SD

Controls the virtual page length.

RECORDSIZE=intexpr

O

SD

Specifies the maximum record size.

VARIABLE

O

SD

Controls whether records have variable length.

WIDTH=intexpr

U

SD

Controls maximum width of an output line.

[NO]WRAP

O/U

SD

Controls handling of records longer than device width.

File Access Deviceparameters

DEVICEPARAMETER

CMD

DEV

COMMENT

DELETE

C

SD

Specifies file be deleted by CLOSE.

GROUP=expr

O/C

SD

Specifies file permissions for other users in the owner's group.

NEWVERSION

O

SD

Specifies GT.M create a new version of file.

OWNER=expr

O/C

SD

Specifies file permissions for the owner of file.

[NO]READONLY

O

SD

Controls read-only file access.

RENAME=expr

C

SD

Specifies CLOSE replace name of a disk file with a name specified by the expression.

SYSTEM=expr

O/C

SD

Specifies file permissions for the owner of the file (same as OWNER).

SHARED

O

SD

Controls shared access to a file.

[NO]TRUNCATE

O/U

SD

Controls overwriting of existing data in file.

UIC=expr

O/U/C

SD

Specifies file's owner UIC.

WORLD=expr

O/C

SD

Specifies file permissions for users not in the owner's group.

Queue Management Deviceparameters

DEVICEPARAMETER

CMD

DEV

COMMENT

AFTER=expr

C

S/S

Specifies starting time of job.

CHARACTERISTIC=intexpr

C

S/S

Controls queue selection.

CPULIMIT=intexpr

C

S/S

Specifies maximum CPU use for job.

[NO]HOLD

C

S/S

Specifies whether the VMS job controller holds the file for operator release.

NAME=expr

C

S/S

Specifies the job name.

[NO]NOTIFY

C

S/S

Controls notification of user upon job completion.

OPERATOR=expr

C

S/S

Controls operator class for OPCOM communications.

P1=expr to P8=expr

C

S/S

Specify job parameters.

PRIORITY=intexpr

C

S/S

Specifies job priority.

QUEUE=expr

C

S/S

Specifies a queue for the job.

REMOTE=expr

C

S/S

Specifies a remote node for the SPOOL or SUBMIT job to execute on.

[NO]RESTART

C

S/S

Controls the automatic restart of a job after a system failure.

USER=expr

C

S/S

Specifies the user name for a job.

Print Control Deviceparameters

DEVICEPARAMETERS

CMD

DEV

COMMENT

[NO]BURST

C

SPL

Controls burst flags.

COPIES=intexpr

C

SPL

Specifies number of copies to print.

[NO]DOUBLESPACE

C

SPL

Controls use of double spacing for printing.

FIRSTPAGE=intexpr

C

SPL

Specifies the starting page of print.

[NO]FLAG

C

SPL

Controls printing of flag page before the file.

FORM=intexpr

C

SPL

Specifies a print form.

[NO]HEADER

C

SPL

Controls printing of page header.

LASTPAGE=intexpr

C

SPL

Specifies the ending page of print.

[NO]LOWERCASE

C

SPL

Controls whether the queue manager requires a lowercase printer.

NOTE=expr

C

SPL

Specifies text for printing on flag pages.

[NO]PAGINATE

C

SPL

Controls insertion of carriage control.

[NO]PASSALL

C

SPL

Controls suppression of non-printing characters.

SETUP=expr

C

SPL

Specifies a setup module to precede the file on the printer.

SPOOL

C

SD

Queues a file to spooled printer.

[NO]TRAILER

C

SPL

Controls printing of a flag page after the file.

Batch Processing Control Deviceparameters

DEVICEPARAMETER

CMD

DEV

COMMENT

CLI=expr

C

SUB

Specifies command language for the job.

LOGFILE=expr

C

SUB

Specifies the log file for the job.

LOGQUEUE=expr

C

SUB

Specifies the print queue for the log file.

[NO]PRINT

C

SUB

Controls printing of the log file.

SUBMIT

C

SUB

Sends a file to batch processing.