NetBatch Management Programming Manual
Glossary
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maximum field version
maximum field version. In an SPI message, the latest version associated with any non-null
field of any extensible structured token in the message. The maximum field version of
the SPI message is contained in a header token. It corresponds to the version of the
oldest server or requester that can successfully process the message.
message. A block of information, usually in the form of a structure, that is sent from one
process to another. See also SPI message.
message buffer. A sequence of memory locations used for the contents of an interprocess
message. See also buffer; SPI buffer.
message code. The contents of the first word of an interprocess message. A message
code of -28 identifies the message as an SPI message.
NBEXEC. The file ID of the NetBatch executor program. Formerly BPROC (the batch
execution process of the obsolete MIS Batch product), NBEXEC executes control file
commands, supplies data to started processes, and logs process output.
NB^JOB^SUBMIT. A TAL procedure call defined in the NetBatch library file BATCHLIB.
The procedure enables the programmatic submission and alteration of jobs from user-
written programs. It provides functionality similar to that of the BATCHCOM commands
SUBMIT JOB and ALTER JOB.
NETBATCH. The file ID of the NetBatch scheduler program. See also scheduler.
NetBatch supervisor. Any user with execute access to the NETBATCH program file.
NetBatch-Plus. A Pathway application that provides a screen-driven interface to the
NetBatch product.
next position. The location at which a subsequent operation occurs. In SPI, the next
position is the location in the SPI buffer from which SSGET normally retrieves a token
value or token attribute. (An exception is the special calling mode for requesting an
attribute of the current token.) See also current position
; initial position.
non-super-group user. A user whose Guardian user ID is 1 through 254,n (for example,
205,70). See also group manager
; super ID; super-group user.
noncritical event. An event that is not considered critical to the operation of the system or
network. Each subsystem determines what set of events generated by that subsystem
should be designated as critical. The others are noncritical. The subsystem identifies
whether an event is critical or noncritical by setting the value of the emphasis token in
the event message. See also critical event.
noninteractive session. See session.
nonsensitive command. A subsystem command that can be issued by any user or
program with access to the subsystemthat is, a command on which the
subsystem imposes no further security restrictions. See also sensitive command.