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VMS Commands Affected by CERNVM Shutdown

   

Several VMS commands will be affected by the shutdown of CERNVM. These commands are of 3 different types.

Type 1: Commands explicitly communicating with CERNVM.

The following commands will no longer work after the shutdown of CERNVM:

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SUBVM - to submit a batch job to CERNVM,

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RDRLIST - to look at files created by execution of commands on CERNVM,

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All CLIO commands - to access CERNVM tapes/files,

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VMSTAGE, VMQUERY - mainly used by CLIO users,

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any INTERLINK commands.

Type 2: Commands implicitly using CERNVM which will be replaced.

After the shutdown of CERNVM, these commands will either be replaced by another facility or will have a reduced capability:

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GRPLOT - to send plot to various plotters. It will work only for

/PRINTER=A0COLOUR

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PHONEB - To get a selected list of phone numbers. It will be replaced by a WEB facility. Use a Web browser with URL:

http://consult.cern.ch/xwho/combined

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FIND - To get information on selected KEYWORDS. It will be replaced by a WEB facility.

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XPRINT - To print files on any CERN printers. It will only work if the /LW qualifier is selected.

This utility is now replaced by WPRINT which offers for all printers directly connected to Appletalk and Ethernet the same formatting capability previously offered by XPRINT without /LW. As much as possible, compatibility with XPRINT has been preserved.

To use WPRINT, you can either:

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Replace XPRINT by WPRINT in your printing commands

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Define a symbol XPRINT == "WPRINT"

Type 3: Commands implicitly using CERNVM which will not be replaced.

After the shutdown of CERNVM, these commands will no longer be available:

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SGML - uses the SGML command on CERNVM.

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BOOKIE - uses the BOOKIE command on CERNVM.

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XSCRIPT - uses the XSCRIPT facility on CERNVM.

Three alternatives are possible:

1.

Get a good-quality copy of the document on one printer and keep it as an original for making future hardcopies.

2.

Translate the document, if not too complex, to HTML format.

3.

Translate the document to LaTeX.

See CNL 221, section 1.5.3 (``Migrating your Documents'') for further details.

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PRHELP - extracts part of HELP files in sgml format.