topic Re: LSE and CMS generations in Operating System - OpenVMS

LSE and CMS generations

Shael Richmond — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:01:15 GMT

Is there a way to make LSE fetch a specific generation into the buffer? I know it will work using the CMS fetch command, but that doesn't bring the file into the buffer.

There doesn't seem to be an option in the goto file command.

Shael

Re: LSE and CMS generations

Karl Rohwedder — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 01:04:55 GMT

My experience with CMS is quite some years old, but the LSE commands to interact with CMS are FETCH and RESERVE.

mfg Kalle

Re: LSE and CMS generations

Martin Vorlaender — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:03:38 GMT

Shael,

LSE Command> help cms

CMS

Invokes VAX DEC/Code Management System (CMS) to enable any valid
CMS command to execute from within LSE.

Format

CMS [cms-command]

HTH,
Martin

Re: LSE and CMS generations

Martin Vorlaender — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:26:20 GMT

Sorry about missing the point.

LSE Command> help features cms
...
when LSE must access a file from the directory that is the user's CMS library, LSE will automatically use CMS to FETCH the file.
...

So the secret is to specify CMS$LIB: as the directory from which to open the file.

HTH,
Martin

Re: LSE and CMS generations

Martin Vorlaender — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:36:27 GMT

Once again: sorry.

The appropriate command is SET CMS/GENERATION before issuing the GOTO FILE CMS$LIB:filename command.

(seems it's been a while since I last used LSE...)

cu,
Martin

Re: LSE and CMS generations

Shael Richmond — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:18:04 GMT

That worked thanks. After you said it I sort of remembered it. I had checked all my VMSmail DSNLink replies thinking I had asked this before.

Need a search utility for mail!

Shael