Virtual Hometerm Subsystem (VHS) Manual (G06.24+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

Command Components
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Attributes and Attribute Values
The object name specifies a single object. The format of an object name is the
same as the format of a NonStop process name. In VHSCI, the object name
represents a VHS process. The object name can be omitted if the ASSUME
command is used to establish an appropriate object name.
If an ASSUME command is used to establish a default object type and fully
qualified object name, and if the object type and object name refer to a valid object,
the object specification can be omitted from commands. Each command is applied
to the object known as the assumed object, the object designated using the
ASSUME command. For example, if the command ASSUME PROCESS $VHSD is
entered, entering INFO displays information about the VHS process called $VHSD.
Attributes and Attribute Values
A VHSCI object has an associated set of attributes, each of which identifies some
characteristic for that object. Each attribute has an associated set of values.
Attribute-Spec Variable
The syntax for the VHSCI ALTER command includes the variable attribute-spec,
which indicates the name and value for the required attribute.
The general form of attribute-spec is:
attribute-name
is a string of one or more characters. The first character is alphabetic. Subsequent
characters can be any printable alphanumeric or special characters except
embedded blanks.
attribute-value
is the value to be associated with attribute-name.
This syntax is used to assign a new value to an attribute. For example, ALTER
PROCESS $VHSD, PRIMARY 1 assigns the value 1 to the PRIMARY attribute.
Strings, Integers, and Time Values
VHSCI requires a standard format for entering character strings, integers, and time
values. The variables for these items are:
char
integer
time
attribute-name [ attribute-value ]