COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Environment Division
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph
System-Name Clause
system-name
is the name of a hardware device, carriage-control tape channel, or external
switch.
If the System Name clause has no STATUS phrase, system-name must be one
of these values:
mnemonic-name
is a name you choose for the hardware device, carriage-control tape channel, or
external switch specified by system-name.
STATUS phrase
Value Meaning
CONSOLE Operator console
MYTERM Process’s home terminal
CHANNEL-1 through CHANNEL-12 Carriage-control tape channel
Note. The operator console that CONSOLE specifies is $0, an output-only device. If you
post an ACCEPT to this device, a run-time error occurs.
system-name
IS
mnemonic-name
STATUS phrase
VST023.vsd
on-phrase
off-phrase
off-phrase
on-phrase
VST746.vsd