Chapter 2 Test [ MPE V to MPE XL Getting Started: Mentor's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
MPE V to MPE XL Getting Started: Mentor's Guide
Chapter 2 Test
Name: _________________________________
1. What would you enter to run SORT.PUB.SYS using the implied RUN
feature of MPE XL?
2. True (T) or False (F):
a. ____ The implied RUN feature of MPE XL replaces the RUN
command.
b. ____ Parameters cannot be used with the implied RUN feature.
c. ____ Only the ;INFO= and ;PARM= parameters can be used with
implied RUN.
3. What command will give you a listing of your command line history
stack?
4. How would you match the command lines LISTREDO;REL, LISTREDO;UNN,
and LISTREDO (or LISTREDO;ABS) with the following outputs?
a. LISTF _____________________________
SHOWME
EDITOR
b. 1) LISTF _____________________________
2) SHOWME
3) EDITOR
c. -3) LISTF _____________________________
-2) SHOWME
-1) EDITOR
5. Explain, in your own words, the meaning of the terms absolute and
relative as they apply to the command line history stack.
6. How does the system respond when you enter either the DO or the
REDO command alone (without including a line number)?
7. Given the following history stack, what would you enter to use DO
to reexecute LISTF by specifying a relative line number?
:LISTREDO;UNN
SHOWME
SHOWJOB
LISTF
SHOWTIME
LISTREDO;UNN
a. And what would you enter to reexecute LISTF by specifying an
absolute line number?
8. True (T) or False (F):
____ a. Both DO and REDO allow same-line editing.
____ b. Both DO and REDO allow next-line editing.
____ c. Only DO allows same-line editing.
9. Why won't the following commands execute in MPE XL?
a. LISTREDO OUT=*LP,-7,-3;UNN
b. HELLO BARNEY.RUBBLE,,;TIME=60
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