NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

Contents
106126 Tandem Computers Incorporated vii
About This Manual xxiii
Notation Conventions xxix
Section 1 Introduction to NCL
NCL and Major NonStop NET/MASTER MS Services 1-1
Operator Control Services (OCS) 1-1
Edit Services 1-2
User ID Management Services (UMS) 1-2
Inter-NET/MASTER Connection (INMC) 1-2
Remote Operator Control (ROC) 1-2
Inter-System Routing (ISR) 1-3
Operations Available Through NCL 1-3
Accessing Data in User Databases (UDBs) 1-3
Automating Operations 1-4
Communicating With NonStop NET/MASTER MS Users and
Terminals 1-4
Communicating With Other NCL Processes 1-4
Communicating With Pathway Server Classes 1-5
Creating Customized NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands 1-5
Displaying Panels 1-5
Executing NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands 1-5
Executing Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM)
Commands 1-6
Intercepting and Processing Event Messages 1-6
Maintaining Online Documentation 1-6
Replacing NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands 1-6
Section 2 Core Statements
Summary of Core Statements 2-2
Assignment Statement 2-3
CALL 2-4
CMD 2-8
DO 2-10
END 2-16
EXIT 2-17
FLUSH 2-18
FUNCTION 2-19