Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

Chapter 5 167
Dictionary/3000 Utilities
DICTDBL
DICTDBL
Database Load Utility
The Database Load utility (DICTDBL) reloads the contents of an IMAGE database. A
comparison between the old and the new schemes is made before the loading process
begins. If changes have been made, you are prompted to enter the changed information.
Additionally, you can selectively reload the database, that is, you are given a choice to load
or not to load a particular data set.
When the utility program completes the loading process, you are provided an audit report
containing information about the database load. The following description tells how to
execute the DICTDBL utility program and gives an explanation of each prompt.
To execute this utility enter the following MPE command:
RUN DICTDBL.PUB.SYS
After an acknowledgment message, the utility program issues the following prompt:
STORE FILE>
If the store file is a disc file, enter the file's name as your response to the prompt. An error
message is issued if the named file cannot be found and the prompt is reissued. If the store
file is a tape file, press [[RETURN]] as your response to this prompt. Before generating a
tape request at the system console, the utility prompts you as follows:
TAPE FILE REQUESTED(Y/N)?>
If you enter a “Y” or [[RETURN]], a request to mount a tape is issued on the system
console; otherwise, the prompt for STORE FILE is reissued. When the utility completes
the loading process, it generates an audit report of the loading process. You can specify
where the report is to be sent with the following prompt:
LIST FILE>
Enter one of the following options in response to the above prompt:
LP sends the audit listing to the line printer. If there is no device LP
configured on your system, use a file equation to redirect DICTLIST to
another device.
NULL suppresses the audit listing.
filename sends the audit listing to the existing or to a new disc file. Before
over-writing an existing file, you are prompted to approve purging the
existing file's contents.
*filename sends the listing to the file identified in the back referenced equation.
Pressing [[RETURN]] in response to this prompt sends the audit listing to your terminal.
After accepting your response to the prompt for LIST FILE, the utility displays the stored
database's name, then prompts you to select a RUN MODE for the loading process. The
RUN MODE is the operating mode to be used to load the database. The prompt is as
follows: