| Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Seven, File 8 of 14 | |
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| #*# Basic Commands #*# | |
| #*# for the VOS #*# | |
| #*# System #*# | |
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| Written by Dr. No-Good | |
| [Echo] | |
| Introduction | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Ok, well this is a simple text file that explains the basic commands | |
| used by a VOS system. VOS stands for Virtual Operating System and it is mainly | |
| used by businesses but other groups have used it too. | |
| If you have any questions, you can reach me at this fine system: | |
| Legion (202)337=2844 | |
| or if you have any questions you can e-mail the me at: | |
| Internet: ukelele!kclahan@UUNET.UU.NET | |
| Special Thanks to: Nat X, Beta Raider, Tomellicus and the | |
| anonymous site of my humble work. | |
| $Note$ | |
| All material in this t-file is for informational purposes only. Any | |
| abuse of this information is probably against the law and the authors of this | |
| text file are not responsible for the reader's actions. | |
| (*****************************************************************************) | |
| Ok, well VOS systems can be found in various systems around the world | |
| and on many of the nets such as TELENET. You can recognize a VOS system at its | |
| prompt. Which looks like this: | |
| Prompt-> (Name of System) | |
| System ???, VOS Release v.(version), Module ??? | |
| (Or it just says something about a Release ver# and Module#) | |
| After getting the log-on message you come to the hard part, getting a | |
| valid user/password combination. To log-in, you type: | |
| Login <name> <password> <CRT> | |
| or | |
| Login <CRT> | |
| 'User_name:' <name> | |
| 'Password?' <password> | |
| (by the way, <CRT> means enter and it comes after something you have to type | |
| and words in '' mean that the computer is displaying that) | |
| When you get a valid name and password, it will say: | |
| <name> logged in on <module#> at <year>-<month>-<day> at <time> ETA. | |
| (then it runs start_up.cm) | |
| (*****************************************************************************) | |
| Commands | |
| ~~~~~~~~ | |
| HELP = To get an on-line help directory. | |
| LIST or LS = To list contents of the directory. | |
| -dirs = the subdirectories. | |
| -dirs <dir> = To confirm a directory exists. | |
| CHANGE_CURRENT_DIR or CCD = To change directory. | |
| DISPLAY <file> = To view the contents of a file. | |
| -match <string> = To find a string in the file. | |
| SEND_MESSAGE <name> <msg> = To make a message appear on the receiver's | |
| screen. It must be 80 chars. or less. | |
| CALL_THRU = To connect your login terminal to a remote | |
| host as a login terminal or as a slave. | |
| SET_TERMINAL_PARAMETERS = To define the operating features of your | |
| terminal such as scrolling, length, etc. | |
| LOCATE_FILES <file names> = To find the location of file(s) in the system. | |
| WHO = To list the current users of the system. | |
| LIST_MODULES = To show which modules are running. | |
| DISPLAY_DIR_STATUS = It gives information about when last saved, | |
| when it was created, who created, and when | |
| it was last used or modified. | |
| DISPLAY_CURRENT_DIR = It shows you which directory you are in. | |
| DISPLAY_ACCESS_LIST = To show you the access control lists(ACL) for | |
| a set of files or directories. | |
| DISPLAY_DEFAULT_ACCESS = To display the default access control list for | |
| a set of directories you specify. | |
| GIVE_ACCESS = To give a user/group access to a file or | |
| directory. | |
| GIVE_DEFAULT_ACCESS = To add entries to the default ACL or a | |
| directory or set of directories. | |
| PROPAGATE_ACCESS = To copy a directory(DIR)'s access to all the | |
| directories in the subhierarchy. | |
| REMOVE_ACCESS = To remove entries from the ACL of a file or | |
| directory, or a set of such objects. | |
| REMOVE_DEFAULT_ACCESS = To remove entries from the default ACL of a | |
| directory or a set of directories. | |
| EDIT = To edit or create a file. | |
| (We haven't been able to figure it out yet) | |
| BIND = To make an .OBJ file a .PM which can be run. | |
| ANY_NAME.PM = .PM stands for program module and it is like a | |
| .COM or .EXE executable file. | |
| BATCH = To run a batch of .PM commands. | |
| UPDATE_BATCH_REQUESTS = To update the batch queue. | |
| CANCEL_BATCH_REQUESTS = To totally cancel all programs in the batch | |
| queue. | |
| LIST_BATCH_REQUESTS = To list the programs in the batch queue. | |
| RESERVE_DEVICE = To reserve a device for the batch queue. | |
| (Used by administrators when they manage | |
| batch processing at a site) | |
| CANCEL_DEVICE_RESERVATION = To cancel the device reservation. | |
| MOVE_DEVICE_RESERVATION = To move the device reservation to another | |
| path. | |
| DISPLAY_BATCH_STATUS = To display the status of the batch process. | |
| COMPARE_FILE = To compare two files against each other. | |
| COPY_FILE = To copy a file to another file or directory. | |
| LOCATE_FILE = To locate the directory the file is in. | |
| RENAME = To change the name of a file. | |
| MOVE_FILE = To move a file to another directory. | |
| DELETE_FILE = To delete a file. | |
| SET_EXPIRATION_DATE = To set a date on the file so it won't allow | |
| anybody to erase it before that date. | |
| CREATE_FILE = To create and name a new file. | |
| CREATE_INDEX = To create a new index for a file. | |
| CREATE_DELETED_RECORD_INDEX = To create a list of reusable locations in a | |
| file. | |
| CREATE_RECORD_INDEX = To create an index used to map records into | |
| a file and re-use space made available by | |
| deletions. | |
| (Once created, it is updated forever.) | |
| DELETE_INDEX = To delete a set of indexes to a file. | |
| DISPLAY_FILE_STATUS = To display information about a set of files | |
| that you specify. | |
| DUMP_FILE = To dump the contents of a file in HEX and | |
| ASCII onto the screen for debugging. | |
| DUMP_RECORDS = To dump one or more records in a fixed, | |
| sequential, relative, or stream file. | |
| ENFORCE_REGION_LOCKING = To turn mandatory region locking on/off for | |
| one or more stream files. | |
| SET_FILE_ALLOCATION = To set the number of additional disk blocks | |
| that the operating system allocates for a | |
| file each time the file needs more disk | |
| space. | |
| SET_IMPLICIT_LOCKING = To turn implicit locking on/off for a file or | |
| files. When it is on, the system overrides | |
| an attempt to open the file with a | |
| different locking specification. | |
| (*****************************************************************************) | |
| $Note$ | |
| If you need any more help with the commands please try their on-line | |
| help program by typing HELP when you are logged in or HELP <Command> and please | |
| excuse the format of the command listings but if you would like a better | |
| listing look for the COMPLETE informational guide to VOS systems by Dr. | |
| No-Good. | |
| (***************************************************************************) | |
| Security | |
| ~~~~~~~~ | |
| The basic security for VOS uses ACL or ACCESS_CONTROL_LISTS. These are | |
| lists that the creator of a directory or file make by using the GIVE_ACCESS | |
| command. There are four kinds of security you can have. They are as follows: | |
| For file security: | |
| NULL -+- That means you can't do anything with it. | |
| READ -+- You can READ it but not modify it. | |
| WRITE -+- That means you have READ and WRITE access to it | |
| so you can modify it. | |
| EXECUTE -+- That means they can read it and run it. | |
| For directory security: | |
| MODIFY -+- That means you can add, remove, change, and | |
| execute files in the directory. | |
| STATUS -+- That means you can display_dir_status and | |
| view the current status of the directory. | |
| NULL -+- That means you can not access the directory. | |
| If you don't have the appropriate security for the directory or file it | |
| is because the owner/creator of the file or directory doesn't have you on the | |
| list and since this informational file doesn't contain the information needed | |
| to get access to files that you haven't been given access to then it is | |
| advisable to look for more informational files from [ECHO]. | |