NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

The NonStop NET/MASTER MS Command Help Database
Customizing Command Help Information
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You can add information for a new command that you create (in any language). A
new command is an NCL procedure that you execute by simply typing its name in
the OCS command input line (for more information, refer to the NonStop
NET/MASTER NCL Programmer’s Guide). For example, you may want to allow
users the choice of using the distributed LIST command or a new command, an
NCL procedure called CLIST, that strips the message numbers from the beginning
of each line of an NCL procedure as the line is displayed. If so, you can create
command help information for the CLIST command. By writing the new
information to the customized command help database, you provide help
information for the new command.
Note Command help information that you add does not have to follow the standard format (unless you want it
to look the same as distributed command help information).
Creating a Customized Command Help Database
When you create a customized command help database, the physical characteristics of
the distributed and customized command help databases must be identical. To create
a customized command help file and ensure identical characteristics, follow these
steps from a TACL prompt:
1. Determine the location and name of the distributed command help database.
After an installation or upgrade, the location and name of the distributed
command help database is:
$ isv-vol .ZNNMDATA.ZHLPDB
2. Move to the subvolume of the distributed command help database. If the location
is $isv-vol.ZNNMDATA, issue the following command:
VOLUME $ isv-vol .ZNNMDATA
3. Invoke FUP by issuing the following command:
FUP
4. Set the file creation attributes to match those of the distributed command help
database by issuing the following command:
SET LIKE ZHLPDB
5. Create the customized command help file by issuing the following command (or
name the file according to the file naming conventions used at your installation):
CREATE HLPCDB
6. Exit FUP by issuing the following command:
EXIT
The file HLPCDB now exists in $isv-vol.ZNNMDATA.