Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+ )

Common SAFECOM Language Elements
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Device Name Lists
Examples
=ADD DEVICE $lp2 LIKE $lp1
=INFO DEVICE $lp*
=FREEZE DEVICE $lazer*
Device Name Lists
A device name list is a list of fully qualified or partially qualified device names. A device
name list specifies a group of devices on which the same operation is to be performed.
device-name
is either a fully or a partially qualified device name.
Examples
=ADD DEVICE ($lp2, lp3) LIKE $lp1
=ALTER DEVICE ($lp*, $ta???, \apex.$lp2) OWNER ops.bill
=FREEZE DEVICE $lazer*
Specifying Subdevice Names
You can identify a subdevice with either a fully or a partially qualified subdevice name.
To specify more than one subdevice in a command, you can use wild cards in a
subdevice name, or you can use a subdevice name list. However, you cannot use wild
cards to specify a subdevice name in an ADD command.
Fully Qualified Subdevice Names
A fully qualified subdevice name includes a system name, a device name, and a
subdevice name.
\system-name
is a system name as described in Fully Qualified Disk-File Names
on page 2-4.
$device
is a disk device name as described in Fully Qualified Disk-File Names on page 2-4.
#subdevice
is a subdevice name. The name can be one to seven alphanumeric characters, the
first of which must be alphabetic.
( device-name [ , device-name ] ... )
\system-name.$device.#subdevice