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The OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)



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Chapter 6
 6 @ Information on Mail
"      6.1     MAIL keeps saying I have new messages, but I don't. What do I do?
"      6.2 p     How do I send or read attachments in VMS MAIL?
"      6.3 h     How can I block SMTP mail relay spam?
Chapter 7
 7 J Information on Utilities
"      7.1 n     How do I play an audio CD on my workstation?
"      7.2      How do I access a Microsoft Windows floppy disk from OpenVMS?
"      7.3     How do I play sound files on an AlphaStation? DECsound doesn't work.
"      7.4 m     Why is DECmigrate not working with Fortran?
"      7.5 l     How do I read IBM EBCDIC tapes on OpenVMS?
"      7.6 i     How can I patch an OpenVMS Alpha image?
Chapter 8
 8 7 DCL Details
"      8.1 g     How do I run a program with arguments?
"      8.2 c     How can I clear the screen in DCL?
"      8.3 u     Using REPLY/LOG from DCL? Disabling Console OPCOMs?
"      8.4 j     How do I generate a random number in DCL?
"      8.5 ^     What does the MCR command do?
"      8.6 k     How do I change the OpenVMS system prompt?
"      8.7 u     Can I do DECnet task-to-task communication with DCL?
"      8.8 o     How can I get the width setting of a terminal?
"      8.9 i     How can I substitute symbols in a PIPE?
#      8.10 q     Use of RUN/DETACH, LOGINOUT, and logical names?
#      8.11 r     How to use escape and control characters in DCL?
Chapter 9
 9 3 Files
"      9.1 \     How can I undelete a file?
"      9.2 |     Why does SHOW QUOTA give a different answer than DIR/SIZE?
"      9.3 |     How do I make sure that my data is safely written to disk?
"      9.4 }     What are the limits on file specifications and directories?
"      9.5 z     What is the largest disk volume size OpenVMS can access?
"      9.6      What is the maximum file size, and the RMS record size limit?
"      9.7 w     How do I write recordable CD media (CD-R) on OpenVMS?
"      9.8 q     What I/O transfer size limits exist in OpenVMS?
"      9.9 v     Can I use ODBC to connect to OpenVMS database files?
Chapter 10
10 L OpenVMS Programming Information
#      10.1 f     Can I have an example of calling...?
#      10.2 s     How do I get the arguments from the command line?
#      10.3 w     How do I get a formatted error message in a variable?
#      10.4 ~     How do I link against SYS$SYSTEM:SYS.STB on an Alpha system?
#      10.5 r     How do I do a SET DEFAULT from inside a program?
#      10.6     How do I turn my Fortran COMMON into a shareable image on Alpha?
#      10.7 v     How do I convert between IEEE and VAX floating data?
#      10.8 w     How do I get the argument count in a Fortran routine?
#      10.9 z     How do I get a unique system ID for licensing purposes?
$      10.10 z     What is an executable, shareable, system or UWSS image?
$      10.11 j     How do I do a file copy from a program?
$      10.12 X     What is a descriptor?
$      10.13 f     How many bytes are in a disk block?
$      10.14 g     How many bytes are in a memory page?
$      10.15 t     How do I create a process under another username?
$      10.16      Why do lib$spawn, lib$set_symbol fail in detached processes?
$      10.17     Where can I obtain Bliss, and the libraries and supporting files?
$      10.18 k     How can I open a file for shared access?
$      10.19 y     How can I have common sources for messages, constants?
$      10.20 ~     How do I activate the OpenVMS Debugger from an application?
$      10.21 \     Dealing with Endian-ness?
$      10.22 i     How to resolve LINK-I-DATMISCH errors?
$      10.23     VAX C and DEC C, and other OpenVMS C Programming Considerations?
                     10.23.0.0.0.1                     Other common C issues
                     10.23.0.0.0.2                     Other common C++ issues
$      10.24 o     Status of Programming Tools on OpenVMS VAX?
Chapter 11
11 = DECwindows
#      11.1     How do I let someone else display something on my workstation?
#      11.2 s     How do I create a display on another workstation?
#      11.3     How can I get the information from SHOW DISPLAY into a symbol?
#      11.4 j     How do I get a log of a DECterm session?
#      11.5 }     Why does the DELETE key delete forward instead of backward?
#      11.6 g     Why is DECwindows Motif not starting?
#      11.7 m     How do I set the title on a DECterm window?
#      11.8 }     How do I customize DECwindows, including the login screen?
#      11.9 o     Why doesn't XtAppAddInput() work on OpenVMS?
$      11.10 }     Why do the keyboard arrow keys move the DECwindows cursor?
$      11.11 m     Why does half my DECwindows display blank?
$      11.12 }     %DECW-W-NODEVICE, No graphics device found on this system?
$      11.13 k     How can I reset the warning bell volume?
$      11.14 o     How can I alter the DECwindows CDE backdrop?
$      11.15 s     How can I enable the DECwindows TCP/IP Transport
Chapter 12
12 O Miscellaneous Information
#      12.1      Where can I find information on escape and control sequences?
#      12.2 y     Does DECprint (DCPS) work with the LRA0 parallel port?
#      12.3 t     How do I check for free space on a (BACKUP) tape?
#      12.4 c     So what happened to sys$cmsuper?
#      12.5 h     Correctly using license PAKs and LMF?
Chapter 13
13 K Finding and using Software
#      13.1 {     Where can I find freeware/shareware/software for OpenVMS?
#      13.2 j     Where can I find UNIX tools for OpenVMS?
                     13.2.0.0.0.1                     POSIX-compliant versions of POSIX routines and utilities
                     13.2.0.0.0.2                     C system and library routines
                     13.2.0.0.0.3                     X Windows utilities and routines
                     13.2.0.0.0.4                     TCP/IP Tools and Utilities for OpenVMS?
                     13.2.0.0.0.5                     The vi text editor
                     13.2.0.0.0.6                     Various GNU tools
                         13.2.0.0.0.6.1                         GCC compiler
                     13.2.0.0.0.7                     Console Management Options
#      13.3     Where can I get the Netscape Navigator Mozilla.org Web Browser?
#      13.4 c     Where can I get Java for OpenVMS?
#      13.5 i     Obtaining user input in DCL CGI script?
#      13.6 u     How can a batch job get its own batch entry number?
#      13.7 h     How do I convert to new CMS libraries?
#      13.8 z     Where can I get new certificates for Netscape Navigator?
#      13.9 l     Why doesn't DCL symbol substitution work?
$      13.10 d     Where can I get Perl for OpenVMS?
$      13.11 m     Where can I get DECmigrate (VEST and TIE)?
$      13.12 x     Where can I get Zip, Unzip, self-extracting zip, etc?





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