NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

New and Changed Information
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The operating system for Tandem NonStop systems, formerly called the Guardian
operating system, is now called the Tandem NonStop Kernel. This change reflects
Tandem’s current and future operating system enhancements that further enable open
systems and application portability.
The Sterling Software services to which NonStop NET/MASTER MS connects,
formerly the product called NET/MASTER, is now referred to as the SOLVE
management services.
References to the NCL Automation Rule Set (NARS) have been removed from the
manual.
The titles of all NonStop NET/MASTER MS manuals and reference summaries, except
the NonStop NET/MASTER Messages Manual, have changed. (The title of this manual
was formerly the NonStop NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer’s
Guide.) Cross-references reflect the changed titles.
All sections have minor changes, which include updated screen displays, examples,
and figures. The following sections have major changes:
Notation Conventions
The notation conventions information has been expanded.
Section 1 Introduction to NCL
No change.
Section 2 NCL Summary
The EVENTTD verb is new. The discussion of FILE verbs has new information about
UDB pairs. The discussion of the START verb has new information about its ability to
start a persistent NCL process. The discussion of the SWGUID verb has new
information about using it with no operands.
Section 3 An NCL Tutorial
No change.
Section 4 Initial NCL Procedure Development
The subsection “System Procedure Libraries and Files” has new information about the
distributed NCL object file.
Section 5 Controlling Execution Flow
No change.
Section 6 Procedures and Functions
No change.