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From: TP@MCCALL.CLAREMONT.EDU (Terry Poot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE: Automating STANDALONE backup
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Date: 29 Jun 88 21:44:00 GMT
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I doubt you can do it from a command file, since you don't have VMS, much less
DCL. What you can do, if you have a console terminal that supports user-defined
keys (i.e. a VT220 type terminal), is give your operators a command procedure
that figures out what command(s) need to be executed, load them into the keys,
and then shut down your system. The operator then just hits the keys in
sequence as each operation finishes (i.e. the first has B/E0000000, the second
has the backup command, the third has B dua0, etc.). It isn't automated, but it
is a lot closer. I'd enclose code, but I haven't had time to write it to my
satisfaction (I use a more primitive application of the same techinque that
does, however, require the operators to fill in parts of the backup command).
If anyone has a better kludge, I'd like to know it.

Disclaimer: I am on a microvax. If the machines with console media support
command files, I probably wouldn't know about it.
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