README.md
This KIT contains KMSKIT UPDATE #4. To use these files you
need the files on the Fall '79, Spring '80 and the Fall '80 RSX SIG
DECUS symposium tapes.
1. A flashy, super enhanced CCL. [344,61]
2. New features and reports for system accounting programs. [344,65]
3. New features for transient libraries. [344,51]
4. New HELP feature from Ray Van Tassel [344,40]
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editor's note: the uic [344,60] was submitted by Ray Van Tassle and
appears here with Jim Downward's permission.
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KMSKIT's next major release, is scheduled for release with
RSX11M V4.0.
W A R N I N G W A R N I N G W A R N I N G
1.
The ability to pass command lines to non-installed tasks will be
modified. Only commands passed in quoted strings will be supported.
ie /PRM ="command line" is legal, whereas /PRM=command_line will
be illegal. /PRM may or may not be supported. If it is not supported
a modification almost identical to it will be. ie /CMD="full_command_line".
The difference between the two syntaxes is that "full_command_line" requires
that a 3 letter MCR like command name occupy the beginning of a command
line, whereas /PRM="...." automatically inserted a dummy three letter
command name into the first three characters of the MCR buffer. At this
time the /CMD="...." will definitley be supported, and the /PRM="..."
is also supported but may get dropped. Please contact me if dropping
support for the /PRM form will cause undue hardship.
2.
HELP processing was previously aided by the inclusion of a matchall
matchall character,'#' which if found in position 1 would match all keywords
at all levels. It could only be placed at the very end of a file. The
matchall was created before V3.2 used the # for synonyms. This causes a
conflict and eronious behavior at times. For HELP for V4.0, the # matchall
will be dropped in favor of a '*' wildcard which will be able to provide
a matchall at any level rather than just being at the end of the file.