| Chapter 4 |
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4
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Creating and Populating Files
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4.1
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File Creation Characteristics
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4.1.1
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Using RMS Control Blocks
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4.1.1.1
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File Access Block
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4.1.1.2
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Extended Attribute Blocks
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4.1.2
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Using File Definition Language
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4.1.2.1
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Using the Edit/FDL Utility
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4.1.2.2
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Designing an FDL File
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4.1.3
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Using the FDL Routines
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4.2
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Creating a File
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4.2.1
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Using the Create Service
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4.2.2
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Using the Create/FDL Utility
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4.2.3
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Using the Convert Utility
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4.2.4
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Using the FDL$CREATE Routine
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4.3
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Creating and Accessing Tagged Files
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4.3.1
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Programming Interface for File Tagging
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4.3.2
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Accessing a Tagged File
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4.3.2.1
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File Accesses That Do Not Sense Tags
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4.3.2.2
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File Accesses That Sense Tags
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4.3.3
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Preserving Tags
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4.4
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Defining File Protection
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4.4.1
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UIC-Based Protection
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4.4.2
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ACL-Based Protection
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4.5
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Populating a File
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4.5.1
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Using the Convert Utility
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4.5.2
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Using the Convert Routines
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4.6
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Summary of File-Creation Options
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4.6.1
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File-Creation Options
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4.6.2
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File Characteristics
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4.6.3
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File Allocation and Positioning
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| Chapter 5 |
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5
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Locating and Naming Files on Disks
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5.1
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Understanding Disk File Specifications
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5.2
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File Specification Components
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5.2.1
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The Node Component
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5.2.1.1
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Local Node
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5.2.1.2
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Remote Node
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5.2.2
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The Device Component
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5.2.3
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On-Disk Components
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5.2.3.1
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Character Set for On-Disk Components
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5.2.3.1.1
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Base Character Set
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5.2.3.1.2
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Extended Character Set
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5.2.4
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RMS and On-Disk Representation
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5.2.4.1
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Simple Characters
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5.2.4.2
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Compound Characters
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5.2.4.3
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letters and Multiple File Versions
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5.2.4.4
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Convert System Service
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5.2.5
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The Root Component
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5.2.6
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The Directory Component
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5.2.7
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The File Name, Type, and Version Components
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5.2.8
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Leading Hyphens in File and Subdirectory Names (Alpha Only)
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5.2.9
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Restrictions and Anomalies
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5.2.9.1
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Restriction with Extended File Names
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5.2.9.2
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DCL Parsing Anomaly
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5.3
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Logical Names and Parsing
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5.4
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File Specification and Component Length Limits
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5.4.1
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VAX Systems and ODS-2 Disks on Alpha Systems
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5.4.2
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ODS-5 on Alpha Systems
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5.4.3
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Maximum Subdirectory Depths
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5.4.4
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Accessing Files on ODS-5 Disks from VAX Systems
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5.4.5
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Determining the Structure Level of a Disk Device
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5.4.6
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Using File Specification Defaults
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5.5
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Image Activation Using Logical Names
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5.6
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Sample Use of Logical Names
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5.7
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Types of Logical Names
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5.8
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Introduction to File Parsing
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5.9
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Using One File Specification to Locate Many Files
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5.9.1
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Processing One File
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5.9.2
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Processing Many Files
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5.9.3
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Processing One or Many Files
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| Chapter 6 |
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6
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Advanced Use of File Specifications
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6.1
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How RMS Applies Defaults
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6.2
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Understanding RMS Parsing
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6.2.1
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Checking for Open-by-Name Block
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6.2.2
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File Specification Formats and Translating Logical Names
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6.2.3
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Special Parsing Conventions
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6.2.3.1
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Parsing Conventions for a Search List
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6.2.3.2
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Special Processing for a Related File Specification
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6.2.3.3
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Input File Specification Parsing
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6.2.3.4
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Output File Specification Parsing
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6.3
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Directory Syntax Conventions and Directory Concatenation
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6.3.1
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Using Normal Directory Syntax
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6.3.2
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Rooted-Directory Syntax Applications
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6.3.3
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Using Rooted-Directory Syntax
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6.3.4
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Concatenating Rooted-Directory Specifications
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6.3.5
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An Example of Using a Rooted Directory
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6.3.6
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Using a Rooted Directory to Extend RMS's Subdirectory Limit
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6.4
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DID-Abbreviated Directories (Alpha Only)
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6.5
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FID-Abbreviated Names (Alpha Only)
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6.5.1
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Restrictions on FID-Abbreviated Names
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6.6
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Using Process-Permanent Files
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