Writing Real Programs in DCL, Second Edition
A complete how-to guide for programming in DCL for the OpenVMS operating system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Writing Real Programs in DCL, Second Edition
Glossary
- Absolute time
- A string representing an exact point in time. The full OpenVMS format is dd-mon-yyyy hh:mm:ss.cc.
- Access category
- A level at which a process accesses a file or other object. The four levels are system, owner, group, and world.
- Access control entry ACE
- An individual entry in an access control list.
- Access control list ACL
- A list of access control entries that specify detailed protection information for OpenVMS objects.
- Access mode
- The VAX hardware or Alpha PALcode privilege mode at which a process runs or makes requests. The four access modes are user, supervisor, executive, and kernel.
- Allocation
- See Device allocation.
- Alternate key
- A secondary key field in an indexed file.
- Ampersand substitution
- An explicit form of substitution in a DCL command, which is specified by the ampersand ( &).
- Apostrophe substitution
- An explicit form of substitution in a DCL command, which is specified by the apostrophe ( ').
- Append
- See Open for append.
- Argument
- A value that serves as input data for a particular operation. For example, a lexical function may require one or more arguments to specify the operation it is to perform. See also Optional argument.
- Arity
- The number of operands required by an operator.
- Array
- A collection of data items stored together under one name. Associated with each item is an index by which the item is identified from among all other items.
- Array index
- A number or character string identifying a particular element of an array.
- ASCII character set
- The...
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