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SWITCH.INI Files
You can create a SWITCH.INI file in your UFD into which you can put
switches for certain programs. Some of the programs that read
SWITCH.INI are:
BACKUP CREDIR
DIRECTORY FORTRAN
INITIA LINK
LOGIN MAKLIB
QUEUE RUNOFF
SORT
The SWITCH.INI file allows you to automatically override the system
defaults of these programs. The SWITCH.INI file must reside in your
UFD. A SWITCH.INI file can contain two types of command lines.
The first type of line is written in the following format:
program-name/switch/switch/.../switch
Where: program-name is a program name such as DIRECTORY or LOGIN or
a command name which runs one of the programs, such as
PRINT. You must use the full program name or at least six
characters of any program name that is longer.
/switch is a valid switch for the named program.
Example
DIRECTORY/DETAIL/NOSUMMARY
When you run the program, the switches in SWITCH.INI will be used as
the defaults instead of any program-defined defaults. When you run a
program, the system searches your directory for a file called
SWITCH.INI. If the file is not found the program uses any program
defaults. If the system finds the file but does not find a line for
the program, it uses any program defaults. When the system finds your
SWITCH.INI file and the line for the program, the program uses the
switch values that you have specified in your SWITCH.INI file instead
of any program default values.
You can override any switch in your SWITCH.INI file by issuing a
command string to the specified program containing a complement of the
switch in your SWITCH.INI file.
For example, you could have a SWITCH.INI file in your area that
contains the following:
DIRECTORY/FAST
Then, when you issue the following command:
.DIR<RET>
The system will print a fast (shortened) listing of your directory.
You could override the SWITCH.INI file by typing other switches after
the command. For example:
.DIR/NORMAL<RET>
The second type of line that can appear in your SWITCH.INI file is
written in the following format:
program-name:option-name/switch/switch.../switch
Where: program-name is a program name such as DIRECTORY, LINK,
LOGIN, INITIA, or QUEUE.
option-name is the same as used for the /OPTION switch.
(See the description of the OPTION switch in the help file
for its associated command.)
You use the second type of line to override both program defaults and
any defaults that you might have previously specified in the
SWITCH.INI file. You refer to this type of line in SWITCH.INI by
including the /OPTION: switch in a command string to a program. If
you specify an option name in the command string that does not appear
in your SWITCH.INI file, the program prints a warning message and uses
the program defaults.
Assume that you create a SWITCH.INI file that contains:
DIRECTORY/FAST/UNITS/SUMMARY
DIRECTORY:THISRUN/WORDS/ACCESS:25
If you then type the DIRECTORY command, the program will print a fast
listing showing both the actual unit names (instead of the structure
names) and the summary line on your terminal. When you want the
program to print a normal directory listing, you must type a command
string to DIRECTORY that includes the /NORMAL switch. Note that disk
unit names, not structure names, and the summary line will still be
printed.
You can type the following command string to automatically list the
length of the files in words, instead of blocks, and to update the
access date of files with 25 blocks or less:
DIRECTORY/OPTION:THISRUN<RET>
Examples
1. This example shows one way to use a SWITCH.INI file to set
your terminal type automatically when you log in.
First, log in to the system:
.LOG 27,10024<RET>
Job 36 RLT19L KL1026 AP Monitor TTY410
Password: <RET>
[LGNLAS Last access to [27,10024] succeeded on 6-May-88:14:00:32]
15:09 6-May-88 Friday
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The following INITIA command shows your terminal
characteristics. Since you haven't used the SET TTY TYPE
command, and you do not have a SWITCH.INI file to set the
terminal type, the system defaults to terminal type TTY.
.I TTY<RET>
RLT19L KL1026 AP Monitor 15:05:42 TTY410 system 1026/1042/1322
Connected to Node KL1026(26) Line # 410
Job 35 User DOTY [27,10024]
TYPE:TTY APC:HARDWIRED ECHO WIDTH:80
LENGTH:0 NOSTOP FILL:0 LC
NOTABS NOFORM CRLF GAG
NOSBELL NODISPLA NOTAPE BLANKS
NOALTMOD NORTCOMP NOREMOTE XONXOF
NOUNPAUS NOESCAPE NOEIGHTB NOQUOTE
IDLEDI:0 NOSLAVE
Create a file named SWITCH.INI, with a command to LOGIN that
sets your terminal type.
.SOS SWITCH.INI<RET>
Input: SWITCH.INI
00100 LOGIN/TERMINAL:TYPE:VT240<RET>
00200 <ESC>
*ES<RET>
Log out:
.KJOB<RET>
Job 36 User DOTY [27,10024]
Logged-off TTY410 at 15:09:53 on 6-May-88
Runtime: 0:00:00, KCS:12, Connect time: 0:00:51
Disk Reads:11, Writes:23
Then log in once more.
.LOG 27,10024<RET>
Job 36 RLT19L KL1026 AP Monitor TTY410
Password:<RET>
[LGNLAS Last access to [27,10024] succeeded on 6-May-88:15:00:42]
15:09 6-May-88 Friday
Type the command INITIA TTY to see your terminal
characteristics.
.I TTY<RET>
RLT19L KL1026 AP Monitor 15:10:07 TTY410 system 1026/1042/1322
Connected to Node KL1026(26) Line # 410
Job 36 User DOTY [27,10024]
TYPE:VT240 APC:HARDWIRED ECHO WIDTH:80
LENGTH:24 NOSTOP FILL:0 LC
TABS NOFORM CRLF GAG
SBELL DISPLA NOTAPE BLANKS
NOALTMOD NORTCOMP NOREMOTE XONXOF
NOUNPAUS NOESCAPE NOEIGHTB NOQUOTE
IDLEDI:0 NOSLAVE
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2. This example shows a SWITCH.INI file which contains a variety
of commands and switches.
.TYPE SWITCH.INI<RET>
LOGIN /TERMINAL:(TYPE:VT240,NOGAG,DEFER,XONXOFF,NOSBELL,-
PAGE:0)/NOTICE:SOMETIMES/MAILCHECK-
/RUNOFFSET:1
QUEUE /NOTIFY/HEADER:NO-
/LIST:ALL/LOWERCASE/OUTPUT:ERROR/PRESERVE
DIRECT /NOTEMP
INITIA /SETTTY/TERMINAL:TYPE:VT100