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1.1 ABSTRACT
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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:
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_<subjob>-text
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Where _<subjob>  specifies  the  subjob
number    or   name.    For   complete
instructions   on   OPSER   see    the
User Utilities  Manual.
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1.2 OPSER SPECIAL CHARACTERS
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^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.
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1.3 OPSER COMMANDS
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All commands to  OPSER  begin  with  a colon (:).  
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:AUTO dev:file.ext[ppn]
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This command reads a command file from the selected device.
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:CLOSE
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Close  the  OPSER  log  file   without starting a new log file.
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:CONTINUE
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Continue processing an auto file  that was interupted by control-C.
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:CURRENT
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Type the number of the current subjob. The  current  subjob  is the one which
was last referenced.
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:DAYTIME
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List the date and time.
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:DEFINE name=subjob
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Establish name as the mnemonic  for  a subjob.
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:DEVICE dev:name:subjob
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Causes OPSER to exit to the monitor to
allow  dev  to  be  assigned to subjob
with  logical  name  "name".   REENTER
will abort the request.
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:ERROR subjob
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Silence all output from the  specified
subjob   except  error  messages.   An
error message  is  any  line  begining
with a question mark(?) or percent(%).
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:EXIT
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Leave  OPSER   and   return   to monitor mode.
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:FREE
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Type the number of  the  first  unused subjob.
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:HELP
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Print a help text.
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:JCONT job _#
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Continue a job  waiting  for  operator action.
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:KILL subjob   or :KJOB subjob
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Kill the selected subjob.
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:KSYS hhmm "message" or :KSYS +hhmm "message"
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It is recommended that the OPR command be used.
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Stop timesharing at the selected time.
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(or time from now if +hhmm used)
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(Minimum of 5 minutes if + form is used.)
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(The quoted string is an optional message to users.)
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:LOGIN ppn
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LOGIN a new subjob under the specified ppn.
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:MSGLVL n
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If n=0  include  job  status  bits  in :WHAT output.  If n=1 (default) do not
include the job status bits.
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:QUEUE line
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Send the QUEUE  command  over  a  free subjob.
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:RESOURCES
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List the free devices in the system.
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:RESTRICT dev1:,dev2:,...,devn:
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Restrict dev to be used  by  the  operator and users he reassigns it to
(the colon after the device name is optional).
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:REVIVE subjob
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Clear   the   effects   of   :SILENCE, :TSILENCE,    and   :ERROR   for   the
specified subjob.
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:SEND line
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Simulate the monitor send command.
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:SET
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Simulate the monitor set command.
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:SILENCE subjob
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Suppress all terminal and  log  output for the selected subjob.
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:SLOGIN ppn
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Login a new subjob under the  selected ppn  but  silence  all terminal output
until the job is logged in.
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:STOP subjob
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Place the selected subjob  at  command level.
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:SYSTAT line
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Produce an uninterupted SYSTAT.
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:TLOG dev:file.ext[ppn]
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Close the current OPSER  log  if  any, and  open  a  new log on the specified
file.
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:TSILENCE subjob 
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Suppress  terminal  output   for   the selected  subjob but continue to place
output in the log file.
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:TTYTST
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Type a test pattern on the terminal.
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:WHAT subjob
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List  the  status  of   the   selected subjob.   "ALL" may be used to specify
all active subjobs.