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1.1    ABSTRACT

       OPSER is a program designed to run  up
       to  14 jobs from 1 terminal.  Each job
       run by OPSER is called a subjob.  Text
       is  sent to the subjobs using commands
       of the form:

           <subjob>-text

       Where <subjob>  specifies  the  subjob
       number    or   name.    For   complete
       instructions   on   OPSER   see    the
       Utilities  Manual  in volume 12 of the
       DECsystem-10 Software Notebook.

1.2    OPSER SPECIAL CHARACTERS

       ^A  Send a ^C (control C) to the subjob.
       ^B  Send a ^O(control O) to the subjob.
       ^E  Send an escape to the subjob.

1.3    OPSER COMMANDS

       All commands to  OPSER  begin  with  a
       colon (:).  

:AUTO dev:file.ext[ppn]
       This command reads a command file from
       the selected device.

:CLOSE
       Close  the  OPSER  log  file   without
       starting a new log file.

:CONTINUE
       Continue processing an auto file  that
       was interupted by control-C.

:CURRENT
       Type the number of the current subjob.
       The  current  subjob  is the one which
       was last referenced.

:DAYTIME
       List the date and time.

:DEFINE name=subjob
       Establish name as the mnemonic  for  a
       subjob.

:DEVICE dev:name:subjob
       Causes OPSER to exit to the monitor to
       allow  dev  to  be  assigned to subjob
       with  logical  name  "name".   REENTER
       will abort the request.

:ERROR subjob
       Silence all output from the  specified
       subjob   except  error  messages.   An
       error message  is  any  line  begining
       with a question mark(?) or percent(%).

:EXIT
       Leave  OPSER   and   return   to   the
       DECsystem-10 monitor.

:FREE
       Type the number of  the  first  unused
       subjob.

:HELP
       Print a help text.

:JCONT job #
       Continue a job  waiting  for  operator
       action.

:KILL subjob   or :KJOB subjob
       Kill the selected subjob.

:KSYS hhmm "message" or :KSYS +hhmm "message"
       Stop timesharing at the selected time.
       (or time from now if +hhmm used)
       (minimum of 5 minutes if + form is used).
       (The quoted string is an optional message)
       ( to users.)

:LOGIN ppn
       LOGIN a new subjob under the specified
       ppn.

:MSGLVL n
       If n=0  include  job  status  bits  in
       :WHAT output.  If n=1 (default) do not
       include the job status bits.

:QUEUE line
       Send the QUEUE  command  over  a  free
       subjob.

:RESOURCES
       List the free devices in the system.

:RESTRICT dev1:,dev2:,...,devn:
       Restrict dev to use  by  the  operator
       and users he reassigns it to.
       (the colon after the device name is optional).

:REVIVE subjob
       Clear   the   effects   of   :SILENCE,
       :TSILENCE,    and   :ERROR   for   the
       specified subjob.

:SEND line
       Simulate the monitor send command.

:SET
       Simulate the monitor set command.

:SILENCE subjob
       Suppress all terminal and  log  output
       for the selected subjob.

:SLOGIN ppn
       Login a new subjob under the  selected
       ppn  but  silence  all terminal output
       until the job is logged in.

:STOP subjob
       Place the selected subjob  at  command
       level.

:SYSTAT line
       Produce an uniterupted systat.

:TLOG dev:file.ext[ppn]
       Close the current OPSER  log  if  any,
       and  open  a  new log on the specified
       file.

:TSILENCE subjob 
       Suppress  terminal  output   for   the
       selected  subjob but continue to place
       output in the log file.

:TTYTST
       Type a test pattern on the terminal.

:WHAT subjob
       List  the  status  of   the   selected
       subjob.   "ALL" may be used to specify
       all active subjobs.