This directory contains several tasks and command files that I
have found useful. These come with the standard DECUS grarantee
(ie - if it doesn't work or crashes your system, tough). The
phrase "Will run under" means I have tried it under these
operating systems, and had no problems. The phrase "Should run
under" means I have not tried it, but know of no reason why it
needs to be modified to work under these operating systems.

T. R. Wyant
Central Virginia LUG
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & co
TFD - P.O. Box 27001
Richmond, Virginia 23261


TIZ - Task Image Zapper
Source Language - Fortran-77
Will run under - RSX-11M V3.2, RSX-11M+ V1.0 and V2.0
Should run under - RSX-11M, at least back to V3.0 and
forward to V4.0
Function - Provide formatted dump of task image
label blocks, showing name, partition,
priority, creation date, LUN assign-
ments, and so on. Most of the items
dumped can be modified. This grew out of
a task written to deal with the M+ V2.0
task builder's incorrect common area
access assignment (since patched).

CALC - Calculator and radix converter.
Source Language - "@" processor.
Will run under - RSX-11M+ V2.0
Should run under - RSX-11M V4.0
Function - Do integer calculations in octal or
decimal, and radix conversion to or from
ASCII (word), RAD-50, or any radix from
2 thru 16. User can create numeric
symbols on the fly to store results for
later use. Note that the calculations
string is interpreted in "@" fashion
(left to right), rather than in
algebraic fashion (* and / before + and
-). Also, trapping errors in the
calculation string requires servicing
Type 2 errors with an ONERR directive,
ignoring the manual's contention that
you can't continue after a Type 2 error.
Wierd things may happen in this case,
though it has worked okay, so far.

BRU - BRU command line builder.
Source Language - "@" processor.
Will run under - RSX-11M V3.2, RSX-11M+ V1.0 and V2.0
Should run under - RSX-11M V4.0
Function - Construct the required mount commands
and BRU command line to do most of our
BRU runs. Can be invoked interactively
(@BRU), or with parameter passing (@BRU
IN: OU: or @BRU OU:=IN:). Validates
input and output devices, mounts all
unmounted media foreign (under M+ only),
and selects BRU switches depending on
whether the input and output media are
disk or tape, and whether mounted
FILES-11 or foreign. All media mounted
by this command file will be dismounted
when it exits.

Under and RSX-11M+ V1.0 only, media
should be either mounted FILES-11 or
unmounted; unmounted devices should not
be set public. Under the other 3
operating systems, this doesn't matter.

This command file will apply the /DEN
switch for MF:, MM:, MS:, and MT: out-
put, using the highest density avail-
able. No density is assumed for input.
This should be readily modifiable to
meet individual site needs.

This command file will also (under M+
V2.0 and M V4.0) compute initial and
maximum index file sizes for disk-to-
disk transfers between different-sized
disks. In all tested cases, these ap-
proximate the INI defaults.