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Using FUP for Advanced File

Management

This section contains information for users who are familiar with both the basic uses of

the File Utility Program (FUP) and with Enscribe, the Compaq NonStop™ Kernel

database record manager:

For more information about file structures in NonStop™ Kernel systems, see the

ENSCRIBE Programmer’s Guide.

Creating Files

You can use FUP to create both structured and unstructured disk files. (You can create

unstructured files with the TACL CREATE command. For information about the TACL

CREATE command, see the TACL Reference Manual.)

To create a file with FUP:

1. Assign values to file-creation parameters with the FUP SET command. FUP

maintains a table of current file-creation parameters. The values of these parameters

can determine the attributes of any file you create with FUP. (You can also override

the current settings by specifying different values in your CREATE command.)

2. Check the values of file-creation parameters with the FUP SHOW command to

ensure that the values are correct, before creating a new file.

3. Create the file with the FUP CREATE command. When you enter the CREATE

command, FUP consults its table of file-creation parameters and, if the current

values result in a legal file, creates a file whose attributes are based on these values.

4. Restore one or more file-creation parameters to their original values with the FUP

RESET command.

Topic Page

Creating Files 8-1

Maintaining Your Disk Files 8-15