[VAX84?.DEFLUG.SOHIO.SYSMGR]AAAREADME.TXT


                                Sohio Petroleum
                             Mid-Continent Division


                                 Submitted by:


                                 Mike Drabicky
                                Sohio Petroleum
                               Two Lincoln Center
                        5420 LBJ Freeway Suite 900/LB03
                               Dallas, TX  75240
                                 (214) 387-5187


     There are a series of command procedures here that have  helped  me  a
     great deal in dealing with system management problems.  In particular,
     I found it hard when I first started in just getting  going.   There's
     so  much to learn and do that it's hard to say just where to begin.  I
     found  particularly  offensive  the  lack  of  any  machine   readable
     examples.   I  have  included some of those here for those of you just
     starting out managing your system.  I hope that they prove  useful  to
     you  in  trying  to  figure  out just what a VAX really is.  Actually,
     there isn't anyone that really knows that but DEC isn't telling!

          Here's what's in this section:

     1.  CAI.COM  -  A  common  entry  point  to  all  DEC  computer  aided
         intruction courses.

     2.  DISABLE.COM - A command procedure to really disable an account.

     3.  DTRCAI.COM - A companion command procedure for  the  CAI.COM  file
         that starts up the Datatrieve CAI course.

     4.  EDTCAI.COM - A companion command procedure for  the  CAI.COM  file
         that starts up the EDT CAI course.

     5.  ENABLE.COM - A command procedure that reverses the effects of  the
         DISABLE.COM procedure.

     6.  LOGIN.COM - A sample system manager's login command procedure.

     7.  LOGINMSG.COM - A companion command procedure for the  SYSLOGIN.COM
         file that displays the message of the day.

     8.  MIDNIGHT.COM - A sample command procedure that runs a midnight  to
         do the necessary system management things to your system.

     9.  REL2SEQ.FDL - The file descriptor language file for converting the
         reminder program's data file to a sequential file.
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    10.  REMINDER.COM - A command procedure to send mail to each user  with
         his remiders for the day.  It is used with the MIDNIGHT.COM file.

    11.  SPM.COM - An easier way to run SPMVTDISP.

    12.  SPM240.COM - An easier way to run the SPMVTDISP on a VT240/241.

    13.  SYSLOGIN.COM - The system-wide login command file.

    14.  SYSTARTUP.COM - The system-wide startup command file.

    15.  VMSCAI.COM - A companion command procedure for  the  CAI.COM  file
         that starts up the VMS CAI course.