TS/MP System Management Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

Glossary
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PATHCOM command file
PATHCOM command file. A file of PATHCOM commands that define and add the
PATHMON-controlled objects required to execute an application. This file can contain
all of the commands needed to start a PATHMON environment.
PATHCOM command terminal. See command terminal.
PATHCTL. See PATHMON configuration file.
Pathmaker product. A menu-driven application generator, provided by Tandem, that
increases the productivity of programmers developing Pathway applications. The
Pathmaker software generates requester programs in SCREEN COBOL and server
programs in C or COBOL.
PATHMON configuration file. A disk file in which a PATHMON process maintains
configuration information for the objects under its control. The name of this file is
PATHCTL.
PATHMON-controlled object. An object defined and managed by a PATHMON process,
through PATHCOM or the Pathway management programming interface. In the
PATHCOM interface, such an object can be of type PATHWAY, PATHMON, SERVER,
TCP, TERM, PROGRAM, or TELL. See also object and Pathway object.
PATHMON environment. The servers, server classes, TCPs, terminals, SCREEN COBOL
programs, and tell messages that run together under the control of one PATHMON
process.
PATHMON log file. A file used by a PATHMON process for reporting errors and changes in
status.
PATHMON object. An object of type PATHMON; that is, a PATHMON process. See also
PATHMON process and PATHMON-controlled object.
PATHMON process. The central controlling process in the Pathway environment. The
PATHMON process maintains configuration-related data; grants links to server classes
in response to requests from TCPs and LINKMON processes; and performs all
process control (starting, monitoring, restarting, and stopping) of server processes and
TCPs.
pathname. See OSS pathname.
Pathsend procedures. The set of Guardian procedure calls that provide general access to
Pathway server classes from any process on a Tandem system.
Pathsend process. A process, written as a Guardian program in C, C++, COBOL, Pascal,
pTAL, or TAL, that makes calls to Pathsend procedures to request services from a
Pathway server. A Pathsend process can be either a standard requester, which
initiates application requests, or a nested server, which is configured as a server class
but acts as a requester by making requests to other servers. A Pathsend process is
also known as a Pathsend requester.