.CHAPTER ^^RSX/IAS OPERATING PROCEDURES\\
.TITLE ^^########RSX/IAS OPERATING PROCEDURES\\
.INDEX ^OPERATION
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.HL 1 INITIATING RUNOFF
^^RUNOFF\\ CAN BE INITIATED IN SEVERAL WAYS. ^THE GENERAL FORMATS
FOR ^^RSX-11\\ USERS ARE:
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^GENERAL AND ^PRIVILEGED ^USERS
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^^MCR>RNO _<CR>
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MCR>RNO#\\FILESPEC
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^PRIVILEGED ^USER ^ONLY
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^^MCR>RUN#...RNO/UIC=[\\UIC]
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^^MCR>RUN $RNO/UIC=[\\UIC]
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.HL 1 RNO COMMAND STRING
.INDEX ^COMMAND STRING
^SYSTEM PROGRAMS USUALLY REQUIRE A COMMAND
STRING TO SPECIFY SUCH THINGS AS INPUT FILES AND VARIOUS
OPTIONS.  ^A STANDARD COMMAND STRING HAS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
FORMS:
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OUTPUT-FILE=INPUT-FILE
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OR
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@COMMAND-FILE
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^BOTH OUTPUT-FILE AND INPUT-FILE ARE STRINGS COMPRISING A
FILE SPECIFICATION.
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^THE SECOND FORM OF COMMAND STRING (@COMMAND-FILE) IS USED TO
SPECIFY AN INDIRECT COMMAND FILE.  ^IN THIS CASE EACH RECORD OF THE
FILE IS USED AS A COMMAND STRING BEFORE ANY COMMANDS FOLLOWING THE
INDIRECT COMMAND ARE ACCEPTED.
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^THE COMMAND STRING SYNTAX IS DESCRIBED MORE COMPLETELY IN THE
^USER'S ^GUIDE FOR THE RELEVANT OPERATING SYSTEM.
.HL 2 FILE SPECIFICATIONS
.INDEX ^FILE ^SPECIFICATIONS
^AN ^^RSX-11\\ FILE SPECIFICATION HAS THE FOLLOWING FORM:
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^DEV:[^^UIC\\]^FILENAME.^TYP;^VER
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^IN THIS SPECIFICATION ^DEV MUST BE A LEGAL DEVICE CODE. ^THE DEFAULT
VALUE IS ^S^Y:, THE SYSTEM DISK. ^^UIC\\ MUST BE A VALID ^USER
^IDENTIFICATION ^CODE. ^FILENAME IS ANY 1- TO 9-CHARACTER
ALPHANUMERIC STRING WHICH SPECIFIES A FILE NAME. ^TYP IS
A 1- TO 3-CHARACTER ALPHANUMERIC FILE TYPE.  ^SYSTEM PROGRAMS
DEFAULT TO AN APPROPRIATE STANDARD TYPE SO THE TYPICAL USER WILL
NOT HAVE TO EXPLICITLY SPECIFY IT.  ^FINALLY, ^VER IS A NUMBER
WHICH IS THE VERSION NUMBER OF THE FILE.  ^THIS FIELD ALSO NORMALLY
CAN BE OMITTED SINCE IT DEFAULTS ON INPUT TO THE
HIGHEST EXISTING VERSION NUMBER FOR THE FILE AND ON OUTPUT
TO THE HIGHEST EXISTING VERSION NUMBER PLUS ONE.
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^DEFAULT FILE SPECIFICATIONS (ANY PART OF WHICH MAY BE OVERRIDDEN):
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^INPUT:###^^SY:RUNOFF.RNO\\
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^OUTPUT:##^^SY:RUNOFF.DOC\\
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.NOTE ^EDITING ^^RUNOFF\\ ^OUTPUT
^^RUNOFF\\ OUTPUT FILES MAY NOT BE EDITED NORMALLY WITH THE STANDARD
^^RSX/IAS\\ FILE EDITORS.  ^TO EDIT ^^RUNOFF\\ OUTPUT, THE OUTPUT FILE
MUST FIRST BE PROCESSED BY ^^TECO\\ WITH A COMMAND OF THE FORMAT:
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^^*ER\\FILESPEC^^_$EW\\FILESPEC/^^-CR_$EX_$_$\\
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.HL 2 RNO SWITCHES
.INDEX ^SWITCHES
^A FILE SPECIFICATION MAY HAVE ONE OR MORE SWITCHES ASSOCIATED
WITH IT.  ^A SWITCH IS AN INDICATOR, CONSISTING OF A SLASH AND A
TWO-CHARACTER ^^ASCII\\ NAME, USED TO SELECT PROGRAM OPTIONS.
^THE SWITCH ITSELF MAY HAVE THREE FORMS. ^IF THE SWITCH DESIGNATOR,
FOR EXAMPLE, IS ^^SW\\, THEN:
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/^S^W SETS THE SWITCH ACTION;
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/-^S^W NEGATES THE SWITCH ACTION, AND
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/^^NOSW\\ ALSO NEGATES THE SWITCH ACTION.
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^IN ADDITION THE SWITCH IDENTIFIER MAY BE FOLLOWED BY ANY