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T o reord er th is m an u al, reord er p art n u m b er 04246
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
P R E F A C E ix
O verv iew ix
SY M B O L S A N D C O N V E N T IO N S x
C O Y A N D R U L E S A N D R E ST R IC T IO N S x iii
C H A P T E R 1 IN T R O D U C T IO N T O T H E S Y S T E M 1-1
T H E C E N T R A L M O D U L E 1-3
T H E W O R K ST A T IO N S 1-5
T H E N O R T H ST A R W O R K ST A T IO N S 1-6
T H E K E Y B O A R D 1-7
In trod u ction l-7
T y pcw riter an d C on trol K ey s 1-8
F u n ction K ey s an d N u m cric K ey pad 1-10
T H E SO F T W A R E 1-13
ST O R IN G IN F O R M A T IO N 1-14
N E T W A R E SE C U R IT Y F E A T U R E S 1-22
Login/passw ord Security 1-23
T ru stee Secu rity 1-24
D irectory Secu rity 1-28
E ffectiv e R igh ts 1-29
C H A P T E R 2 G E T T IN G S T A R T E D 2-1
L oggin g In 2-2
U sin g H E L P 2-4
Id en tify in g Y ou rself 2-5
D isp lay in g th e D ate and T im e 2-6
D cterm in in g Y ou r A ccess R igh ts 2-7
C h an gin g Y ou r P assw ord 2-8
P layin g N SN IP E S 2-9
L ogging O u t 2-10
U sin g C om m an d s on th e N etw ork 2-1 1
M ap p in g an d R em ap p in g D isk D riv es 2-13
M ore E x perim en tin g on the N etw ork 2-14
N orth Star N etW arc U ser's M an u al i
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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C H A P T E R 3 C O M M U N IC A T IN G W IT H O T H E R U S E R S 3-1
SE N D IN G M E SSA G E S 3-2 *
E L E C T R O N IC M A IL 3-4
C reatin g an d Sen d in g a M em o 3-5
T H E E L E C T R O N IC M A IL B O X 3-8
T Y P E S O F M A IL 3-9
M A IL A T T R IB U T E S 3-11
SE A R C H IN G F O R M A IL 3-12
SE N D IN G M A IL T O G R O U P S 3-15
SC R E E N D ISP L A Y A N D C O M M A N D E N T R Y 3-17
E L E C T R O N IC M A IL SY ST E M C O M M A N D S 3-20
T h c C H E C K C om m an d 3-2 1
T h e C L O SE C om m an d 3-22
T h e D IR E C T O R Y C om m an d 3-23
T h e E D IT C om m and 3-24
T h e H E L P C om m and 3-27
T he L IST C om m an d 3-29
T h c L IST M Y M E M O S C om m an d 3-30
T h e L IS T U SE R S A N D G R O U P S C om m an d 3-3 1 *
T h e O P E N C om m and 3-32
T he P U T C om m an d 3-33
The Q U IT C om m and 3-34
T h e R E A D C om m an d 3-35
T h e R E M O V E C om m an d 3-37
T h e R E M O V E M Y M E M O S C om m an d 3-38
T h e SE N D C om m an d 3-39
T h c V IE W C om m and 3-4 1
C H A P T E R 4 M A N A G IN G D IR E C T O R IE S 4-l
W O R K IN G W IT H D IR E C T O R IE S 4-2
N etW are D irectory Structure 4-2
A ccessin g N etw ork F iles 4-3
T h e C H K V O L C om m an d 4-5
T h e E R A SE D IR C om m an d 4-6
T h e F L A G D IR C om m an d 4-8 '*
T h e G R A N T C om m an d 4-11
T h e L IST D IR C om m an d 4-14
ii N orth Star N etW are U ser's M an u al
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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C H A P T E R 4 M A N A G IN G D IR E C T O R IE S
W O R K IN G W IT H D IR E C T O R IE S
T h e M A K E D IR C om m an d 4-15
T h e N P A T H C om m an d 4-17
T he R E N D IR C om m an d 4-23
T h e R E V O K E C om m and 4-25
T he SH O W D IR C om m and 4-27
T he T L IST C om m and 4-29
T h e U D IR C om m an d 4-30
T h e V O L IN F O C om m and 4-32
T he D O S C H D IR C om m an d 4-34
T he D O S C H K D SK C om m an d 4-35
T he D O S D IR C om m and 4-39
T he D O S M K D IR C om m and 4-4 1
T he D O S P A T H C om m and 4-42
T h e D O S R M D IR C om m an d 4-44
C H A P T E R 5 M A N A G IN G F IL E S 5-1
T h e F L A G C om m an d 5-2
T h e H ID E F IL E C om m an d 5-4
T h e L A R C H IV E C om m an d 5-6
T h e L R E ST O R E C om m and 5-15
T h e N A R C H IV E C om m an d 5-18
T h : N C O P Y C om m an d 5-26
T h e N R E ST O R E C om m an d 5-29
T h e P U R G E C om m an d 5-32
T he SA L V A G E C om m and 5-33
T he SH O W F IL E C om m and 5-35
T h e D O S A T T R IB C om m and 5-36
T h e D O S C O P Y C om m and 5-37
T he D O S D E L C om m an d 5-42
T he D O S FC (Fi1e C om pare) C om m and 5-43
T he D O S R E C O V E R C om m and 5-53
T he D O S R EN (R enam e) C om m and 5-55
T h e D O S R E ST O R E C om m and 5-56
N orth Star N etW are U ser's M an u al iii
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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C H A P T E R 6 U S IN G T H E S H A R E D D IS K E T T E D R IV E 6-1
In trod u ction 6 -1
D ISK E T T E D R IV E C O M M A N D S 6-2
The R EQ U EST Com m and 6-2
T h e R E L E A SE C om m and 6-3
T h e F O R M A T C om m an d 6-4
T he D ISK C O PY (Copy D iskette) Com m and 6-6
T he D ISK C O M P (C om pare D iskettcs) C om m and 6-9
T h e D IS K B O O T C om m an d 6-10
T H E SIM U L A T E D SE C O N D D ISK E T T E D R IV E 6-l l
C H A P T E R 7 P R IN T IN G 7-l
O verview 7-1
H O W P R IN T IN G W O R K S 7-2
Shared P rin ters 7-2
L o cal P rin ters 7-4
P R IN T IN G C O M M A N D S 7-5
T h e P R IN T E R C om m an d 7-5
T h c L O C A L C om m an d 7-8
T hc N P R IN T C om m an d 7-12
T he Q Com m and 7-16
T h e SP O O L C om m an d 7-19
T h c E N D SP O O L C om m and 7-24
T h e D O S P R IN T C om m an d 7-26
C H A P T E R 8 O T H E R D O S C O M M A N D S 8-1
O v erview 8-1
T h e B R E A K C om m an d 8-2
T h e C H K M E M C om m an d 8-3
T h c C L S C o m m an d 8-4
T h e C O M M A N D C om m an d 8-5
T h e C T T Y C om m an d 8-7
T h e C U R SO R C om m and 8-8
T h e D A T E C om m an d 8-9
T he E X IT C om m and 8-10
T h e F IN D C om m an d 8-11
T h c M O R E C om m an d 8-13
iv N orth Star N ctW are U scr's M an u al
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
(cont-)
C H A P T E R 8 O T H E R D O S C O M M A N D S
T h e P R O M P T C om m and 8-14
T h e SE T C om m an d 8-16
T he SO R T C om m an d 8-17
T h e T IM E C om m and 8-19
T h e T Y P E C om m and 8-20
T he V E R com m an d 8-2 1
T h e V E R IF Y C om m an d 8-22
T he V O L C om m and 8-23
C H A P T E R 9 U S IN G T H E S E T L O G IN C O M M A N D 9-1
A Sam p le L ogin Script 9-2
T h e SE T L O G IN C om m an d 9-4
SE T L O G IN 'S N P A T H 9-5
SE T L O G IN 'S C O M SP E C 9-6
SE T L O G IN 'S IN C L U D E 9-8
SE T L O G IN 'S D R IV E 9-9
SE T L O G IN 'S W R IT E 9-10
U sin g C on d ition als 9-13
L ogin Script P aram eters 9-16
# --E x ternal P rogram E xecu tion 9-18
SE T L O G IN 'S E X IT 9-19
SE T L O G IN 'S B R E A K 9-20
D isplaying F iles 9-2 1
ln sertin g E x p lana tory T ex t 9-22
F irin g P h asers 9-2 3
C H A P T E R 10 C R E A T IN G A N D U S IN G B A T C H F IL E S 10-1
B A T C H P R O C E SSIN G 10-2
T h e A U T O E X E C .B A T F ile 10-4
T H E A U T O E X E C .B A T F IL E 10-5
H ow T o C reate A n A U T O E X E C .B A T F ile 10-5
R eplaceable P aram eters 10-7
E x ecu tin g A .B A T F ile 10-9
B A T C H F IL E C O M M A N D S 10-10
In trod u ction 10-10
E C H O 10-11
N orth Star N ctW are U ser's M an ual v
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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C H A P T E R 10 C R E A T IN G A N D U S IN G B A T C H F IL E S
B A T C H F IL E C O M A N D S
F O R 10-12
G O T O 10-14
IF an d T H E N 10-15
P A U SE 10-16
SH IF T 10-18
R EM (R em ark) 10-19
C H A PT ER 11 T H E D O S LIN E E D IT O R (ED LIN ) 11-1
E D L IN F IL E S 1 1-2
H O W T O ST A R T E D L IN 11-3
SP E C IA L E D IT IN G K E Y S 1 l-5
(F l) K ey 1 1-6
IF2) K ey l 1-7
(F 3) K ey 11-8
(D el) K ey 1 l-9
(F 4) K cy 1 1-10 '-
fE scl K ey l 1-11
Ilns) K cy 1 1-12
IF5) K E Y l 1-14
U SIN G E D L IN C O M M A N D S 1 1-15
E D L IN C O M M A N D S 1 1-20
(A lppend C om m and 1 1-20
(C)opy C om m and 11-21
(D lelete C om m and l 1-24
Klin ex E d it C om m and s l 1-27
(E )nd C om m and 11-29
(Ilnsert C om m and 11-30
(L list C om m and 1 1-34
(M )ovc C om m and 1 1-37
(Plage Com m and 11-38
(Q luit Com m and 11-39
(R leplace C om m and 1 1-40
(Slearch C om m and 11-44 'G
(T lransfer Com m and 11-48
(W lrite C om m and 11-49
E D L IN E R R O R M E SSA G E S l 1-50
v i N orth Star N etW are U ser's M an u al
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
(cont-)
- C H A P T E R 12 P R E P A R IN G D O S P R O G R A M S 12-1
T H E L IN K E R PR O G R A M (LIN K ) 12-2
D E F IN IT IO N S Y O U 'L L N E E D T O K N O W 12-4
F IL E S T H A T L IN K U SE S 12-6
H O W T O ST A R T L IN K 12-8
P rom pts 12-9
C om m and L ine 12-10
R espon se F ile 12-12
C O M M A N D C H A R A C T E R S 12-14
C O M M A N D P R O M P T S 12-16
L IN K SW IT C H E S 12-19
SA M P L E L IN K SE SSIO N 12-23
L IN K E R R O R M E SSA G E S 12-26
T H E E X E ZB IN C O M M A N D 12-29
E rror M essages 12-3 1
e C H A P T E R 13 T H E D O S D E B U G C O M M A N D 13-1
H O W T O ST A R T D E B U G 13-2
C O M M A N D IN F O R M A T IO N 13-4
P aram eters 13-6
D E B U G C O M M A N D S 13-10
(A lssem ble C om m and 13-10
(C lom pare C om m and 13-13
(D lum p C om m and 13-14
(E lnter C om m and 13-16
(F)ill C om m and 13-18
(G )O C om m and 13-19
(H )ex C om m and 13-21
(Ilnput C om m and 13-22
(L load C om m and 13-23
(M )ove C om m and 13-25
(N )am c C om m and 13-26
(O lutput C om m and 13-29
(Q luit Com m and 13-30
(R legistcr C om m and 13-31
(Slearch C om m and 13-35
N orth Star N etW a re U ser's M a n u al v ii
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
(cont-)
C H A P T E R 13 T H E D O S D E B U G C O M M A N D
D E B U G C O M M A N D S
T C om m and 13-36 *( lrace
(U lnassem ble Com m and 13-38
(W lrite C om m and 13-40
E rror M cssagcs 13-43
A P P E N D IX A G L O S S A R Y A -l
A P P E N D IX B D O S D IS K A N D D E V IC E E R R O R S B -1
A PPEN D IX C A N SI ESC A PE SEQ U EN C ES C -1
A P P E N D IX D H O W T O C O N F IG U R E Y O U R S Y S T E M D -1
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A P P E N D IX E C O M M A N D IN D E X E -1
A P P E N D IX F U S IN G A N E X T E R N A L W O R K S T A T IO N
O N T H E N E T W O R K F -1
B ootin g a W ork station F -2
U sin g D O S C om m an d s on th e N ctw ork F -8
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v iii N orth Star N etw are U ser's M an u al
P R E F A C E
O verview T h e N orth Star N ctW are U ser's M an u al con tain s in form ation
n eccssary to op erate a w ork station on th e n etw ork .
F or b rev ity an d ease of u se, u n n ecessary tech n ical
in form ation su ch as h ard w are in stallation , su p erv isor
in stru ction s, an d con sole com m an d s h av e been om itted from
th is m an u al. T h ese topics are cov ered in a sep arate
Su pervisor's M an u al w hich is su pplied w ith th e system .
O n ly on e U ser's M an u al com es w ith th e system . Y ou m ay
w ish to p u rch ase ad d ition al cop ies for u se at each
w ork station .
T h is m an u al is organ ized as fo llow s:
o T h e P reface con tain s sy m bols an d con ven tion s u sed in
th e tex t an d w ith com m an d s you give to th e com puter
o C h apter 1 p rovid es an in trod u ction to th e com pu ter
sy stem an d p resen ts th e con cep ts n ecessary to b eg in
u n d erstan d in g th e N etW are m u ltiu ser op era tin g sy stem
o C h ap ters 2 th rou gh 8 are n ecessary read in g for a11
u sc r s
o C h ap ters 9 th rou gh l 3 p mesen t m ore com p lica ted
com m an d s an d p rogram s in ten d ed for ad van ced u sers
o A ppendices A through F cover various technical subjects
an d w ill serve as referen ce gu ides for error m essages
an d com m an d s
N orth S tar N ctW arc U ser's M an u al ix
S Y M B O L S A N D C O N V E N T IO N S
ln trod uction In o rd cr to av oid con f u sion , w e have, as f ar as p ossib le.
u sed th c sam e sym bols an d f orm attin g tech n iq u cs u scd to
reprcscnt com m and f orm ats in existing PC /M S-D O S m anuals' - -
h o w ever, som e com m an d form at con ven tion s are sp ecif ic to
N etW are, so read th e follow in g section s carcfu lly.
C A P IT A L S W ord s in C A P IT A L lettcrs are k cvw ord s w hich m ust b c
entered (spcllcd) exactly as they are show n. A lthough
k ey w ord s are sh ow n in cap ital letters, th cy m ay be typcd
in either upqer or low er case. K eywords arc som-etim cs
op tion al; op tlon al k ey w o rd s are alw ay s en closed in sq u a re
brackets j ).
< > W ord s en closed in an glc brackets ind icate variab le d ata
you m ust enter (i.e., user-supplied inform ation w hich
changes depending upon the circum stances). E .g.,
Kf ilen am ex .
I l Square brackets indicate that the cncloscd cntry is -
op tion al. D o n ot ty p e th e b rack cts; typ e on ly th e
k ey w ord or th e in fo rm ation rep rcsen ted b y th c v ariab le.
Sq ua re b rack ets also en close th e n am es of typ ed k cy s su ch
as (R etrn) or (F 1J.
If y ou fin d sq u arc b rack ets n csted in sq u a re b rack cts:
1) Y ou m ay usc the part of the com m and f orm at w hich is
en closed on ly b y th e ou tsid e set of b rack ets, w ith ou t
using the gart of the com m and form at w hich is enclosed
b y th e in sld e sct of b rack ets.
2) Y ou m ay not use the part of the com m and form at encloscd
by the insidc sct of brackets unless you also usc thc
p art of th e com m an d form at w h ich ls en closed by th e
ou tsid c set of b rack ets. - --*
x N orth Star N etW are U ser's M an u al
S Y M B O L S A N D C O N V E N T IO N S
(cont-)
e I A bar is used to separate entry choices in N etW are
com m an d s. W h en you fin d a bar separatin g item s in a
co m m a n d sy n tax , yo u m ay en ter a n y o n e itcm , b u t n o t m ore
th an on e itcm . W hen used w ith a D O S filters the bar
indicatcs a yipe in w hich the output of one D OS com m and is
sen t as th e ln pu t to an oth er com m an d .
. . .
E llip ses m ean y ou m ay rcp eat an item as m an y tim es as
y ou w ish .
B oldface B old face is used to in d icate en tries you type in to th e
sy stem .
A 1l punctuation and other characters (exccpt ( ), ( ), I a
and ...) m ust be entcrcd exactly as show n.
C om m an d T h e term xd rive:> rep rcsen ts an y d riv e letter f ollow ed
e V aria b les b y a co lon
.
F o r exam p le if y ou see th e tcrm <d rive:>
y ou m igh t en ter C :, D :, H :, o r an y oth er d rive letter
w ith a colon .
T he tcrm <drive> represents any drivc letter (a follow ing
colon is excluded). lf you see the term <drivew you m ight
en ter C . D , H , or an y oth er d riv c letter.
T he term /<f 1ag list> ref crs to any num ber of f lags w hich
m ay b e en tcred in on e list as p art of a com m an d . U sin g a
f lag list allow s y ou to sp ecif y op tion al perf orm an ce
f eatures of a com m and. Available f lajs vary f rom com m and
to com m an d . F lags en tered in a f 1ag 11st m u st be
sep arated. T h e m eth od of separation varies f rom com m an d
to com m an d . Som c com m an d s req u irc slashcs b ctw een f lags
,
som e com m an d s req u ire spaces betw een f lags, an d som e
com m an d s w ill accept eith er type of sep arator
a
so read th e
f lag in stru ction s f or each com m an d caref u lly
.
N orth Sta r N etW are U ser's M an u al x i
S Y M B O L S A N D C O N V E N T IO N S
(cont-)
C om m a n d T h c term <f ilcn am cx rep resen ts th c n am e of an y f ilc,
V ariables includ in c f ilen am e and extension. A f ilcnam e can be
(cont.) f rom onc to eight characters long. T he f ilenam e extension
can be threc or few er ch aracters, bu t m ust bc p reced ed by
a pcriod. You can tyqc any f ilcnam e in sm all or capital
letters an d N etW arc w 1ll tran slatc th esc lctters in to
u p p ercase ch aracters.
T h e term f ilesp ec rep rescn ts u p to cigh t ch aractcrs
of an y f ilcn am c; th e term f ilesp cc ex clu d es an e
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x te
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n sio n .
Thc tcrm xpathspecw is used to rcprcsent any path
sp ecif ication . T h is term m ay b e u scd to in d lcate eith er a
f u ll path specif ication or a partial path specification .
A f u l1 p ath specif ication in clud cs th e n am e of th c
v olu m e's roo t d irecto ry a n d a lI d irectories b ran ch in g d o w n
to (and including) the subdirectory you w ish to identif y.
A jartial path specif ication is a shortened version uscd
to ln d icate a su bd irectory rclativ c to y ou r cu rren t
athspec. Exam ples of partial pathspccs are given laterF
ln th is section .
T he term s path/filenam e and path/filespec refer to the
com bination of the pathspec term (abovc) and the filcnam c
or thc filespec term (abovc).
E x am p les:
SY STIN Y EN T O R Y /W ID G E T .A R M (path/filenam e)
SY S:IN V EN T O R Y /W ID G E T (path/filespec)
xii N orth Star N etW are U ser's M an u al
C O M M A N D R U L E S A N D R E S T R IC T IO N S
& Introd uction T h e follow in g ru les an d restriction s ap ply to specific
p arts of N etW are com m an d s.
P a th specs A p ath sp ec m u st n ot ex ceed 63 ch aracters.
Y ou shou ld follow D O S 3.1 con ven tion s regard in g period s or
slash cs at th e b egin n in g of a p ath sp ec.
In so m e com m an d s. a p artial p ath sp ec m ay be sp ecified .
For exam ple, if you usually w ork on only one volum e (so
that it is always your default volum e), you would never
really n eed to ln clu d e v olu m e w h en you specify a path spec.
A partial pathspec m ay be used to identify a subdirectory
above or beneath your default (current) dlrcctory.
A period (.) at the beginning of a pathspec m eans that the
pathspec is relative to the current directory. Tw o
periods (..) m eans that the jathspec is relatlve to the
parent directory, three perzods (...) the grandparent
d irectory, etc.
A backslash (h) at the bejinnin! of a N etW are pathspec
m ea n s th a t th e p a th sp ec ls rela tlv e to th e v o lu m e's ro ot
d irecto ry .
N orth S ta r N ctW are U ser's M an u al x iii
C O M M A N D R U L E S A N D R E S T R IC T IO N S
(cont-)
,> F ilen am es T h e N etW are d efin ition of a filenam e is the sam e as the
D O S d ef in ition of a f ilenam e. A 11 D O S 3.1 f ilen am e
restriction s ap ply to filen am es creatcd on a N etW are
n etw ork . N etW are filen am es are lim ited to eigh t n u m b ers
or characters follow ed by a period (.) delim iter and an
ad d ition al th ree n u m b er or ch aracter exten sion .
T h e follow in g ch aracters can not be u sed in a N etW are
f ilen am e:
o backslash (y)
o slash (/)
o colon (:)
o sem icolon (;)
o asterisk (*)
o question m ark (?)
o tilde (-)
o com m a (.)
o lcft bracket (()
o right bracket ())
o period (.) (except as delim iter)
Y ou m ay not use w ildcard characters (*.* or ?????.???) as
p art of a K f ilen am ew u n less th c accom p an y in g instru ction s
sp ecif ically state th at w ild card ch aracters are allow ed
.
<f ilen am e> exam ples:
M Y F IL E .S H X
123F 1L .4 56
Y O U R FIL E (f ilenam e w hich has no extension)
N orth Star N etW are U ser's M an u al x v
C O M M A N D R U L E S A N D R E S T R IC T IO N S
(cont.)
D irectory N etW are allow s d irectory n a m es used in p a th spccs to b e u p
N a m es to 14 ch a ra cters lon g.
D O S lim its d irectory n am es u sed w ith D O S com m a n d s to eigh t
ch aracters an d a th rce ch aracter cxten sion . N etW are
allow s you to continue using l4-charactcr directory nam es,
cven w lth D O S com m an d s. In ordcr to use l4-ch aracter
d irectory n am es w ith D O S com m an d s yo u m ust k n ow th e
follow in g:
o T o m ak e an y D O S com m an d w ork w ith a d irectory n am e
over eigh t ch aracters long, you m ust provid e th e f u 1l
dircctory nam e w hen cntering thc D O S com m and (you m ay
not provide only thc first eight characters).
o W h cn u sin g d irectory n am es over eigh t ch aracters lon g,
som e D O S f u n ction s. su ch as D 1R w ill on ly ech o:
th e first eigh t ch aracters of th e d lrectory nam e to th e
w ork statio n scrccn , ev cn th ou gh y ou actually en tcr all
of th e ch aractcrs.
A d ircctory n am e can n ot in clu d e the follow ing ch aracters:
o backslash (y)
o slash (/)
o colon (:)
o scm icolon (')k
)o asterisk (
o question m ark (?)
o com m a (,)
o caret (A)
o tilde (-)
o percent sign (% )
o lef t bracket (()
o right brackct ())
x v i N orth S tar N ctW arc U scr's M an u al
C O M M A N D R U L E S A N D R E S T R IC T IO N S
(cont-)
S am ple T h e com m and form at for th e N P R IN T com m an d is:
C om m an d
N PR IN T I<path>yl<filenam e> I/<f lag list>llR etrn)
A ccord ing to th e con ven tion s, th e on ly essen tial parts of
this com m and form at are the keyw ord (the com m and nam e
N PR IN T ), and the filenam e.
T he pathspcc and yflag list are optional since they are
cn closed in sq u are b rack ets. T h ereforc,
N PR IN T R E PO R T .A IIR etrnJ
w ou ld b e, in som e cases, a v alid com m an d to p rin t a f i1e
in th e d efau lt d irectory n am ed R E P O R T .A I.
Y ou can see th at if a p ath spec is in clu d cd , it m u st b e
follo w ed b y a b ack slash . an d it m u st im m ed iately p reced e
th e filen am e, w ith n o space betw een . F or ex am p le:
N PR IN T V O L I:SA L ESïR EPO R T .A IIR etrnJ
If a yflag list is included, it m ust be placed after the
filenam e. T he f ilcnam e and yflag list m ust be separated
by a space. H ere is an exam ple, using the flag N B (for
''N o Bannerl):
N PR IN T R E PO R T .A I /N BIR ctrnJ
C om m and Y ou m ust press the IR etrn) key after typing a com m and in
Entry order to execute the com m and. T he (E nter) key w ill not
cx ecu te com m a nd s o n N o rth S tar w o rk sta tion k ey boa rd s.
N orth Star N ctW arc U ser's M an u al x v ii
x v iii N orth S ta r N etW arc U ser's M a n u a l
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