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New Features of MPE/iX: Using the Hierarchical File System

New and Enhanced Commands 

As of Release 4.5, the MPE CI was extended to support POSIX enhancements.
Several new commands are available and some existing commands have
additional features.

New commands 

Table 2-4  lists and briefly describes the new commands.  For detailed
information on each command, refer to the MPE/iX Commands Reference 
Manual, Volumes I & II (32650-60115).

          Table 2-4.  New MPE/iX Commands 

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|     Command Name      |                           Description                            |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| ALTFILE               | Alters a file's attributes such as the UID and GID of a file,    |
|                       | directory, MPE group or account (except that the GID may not be  |
|                       | altered for MPE groups or accounts).                             |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| CHDIR                 | Changes the current working directory to any directory,          |
|                       | including MPE groups and accounts.                               |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| DISKUSE               | Displays disk space usage, in sectors, for one or more           |
|                       | directories or a directory subtree.                              |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| NEWDIR                | Creates a hierarchical directory anywhere the user has           |
|                       | permission.                                                      |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| NEWLINK               | Creates a link to a file, group, account, directory, or root.    |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| PURGEDIR              | Deletes HFS directories (does not delete MPE groups or           |
|                       | accounts).                                                       |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| PURGELINK             | Removes a link.                                                  |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| SETCLOCK              | Alters the system time or system time zone.                      |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| SHOWCLOCK             | Displays information about the system date and time.             |
|                       |                                                                  |
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Enhanced commands 

Table 2-5  lists and briefly describes each enhanced command.  For
detailed information, refer to Chapter 2 of the MPE/iX Commands Reference 
Manual, Volumes I & II (32650-60115).

          Table 2-5.  Enhanced MPE Commands 

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|                       |                                                                  |
|     Command Name      |                        Summary of Changes                        |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| ALTSEC                | Changes access permissions for HFS directories.                  |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| ALTUSER               | Incrementally adds or subtracts user capabilities and modifies   |
|                       | the user ID (UID).                                               |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| BUILD                 | Supports HFS syntax for permanent files.  Supports byte-stream   |
|                       | files.                                                           |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| COPY                  | Copies files with HFS names.  You can copy such files to and     |
|                       | from HFS directories or MPE groups.                              |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| FILE                  | Supports byte-stream files, and the filereference parameter has  |
|                       | been enhanced to support HFS pathnames.                          |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| LISTACCT              | Adds the FORMAT parameter to provide a choice of several display |
|                       | formats.                                                         |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| LISTEQ                | Displays file equations with HFS pathnames.                      |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| LISTF                 | Several new formats have been added.                             |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| LISTFILE              | Traverses an HFS directory tree.                                 |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| LISTGROUP             | Adds the FORMAT parameter to provide a choice of several display |
|                       | formats.                                                         |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| LISTUSER              | Adds the FORMAT parameter to provide a choice of several display |
|                       | formats.                                                         |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| NEWACCT               | Provides the GID and UID parameters to add a group ID (GID) to   |
|                       | the group database and the user ID of the account manager to the |
|                       | user database.                                                   |
|                       |                                                                  |
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          Table 2-5.  Enhanced MPE Commands (cont.) 

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|                       |                                                                  |
|     Command Name      |                        Summary of Changes                        |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| NEWUSER               | Provides the UID parameter to add a user ID to the user          |
|                       | database.                                                        |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| PLISTF (UDC)          | Name changed from LISTF to PLISTF.                               |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| PRINT                 | Supports HFS file names.                                         |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| PURGE                 | Supports HFS file names and wildcards.                           |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| RENAME                | Supports HFS file names and renames across account boundaries.   |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| RUN                   | Supports execution of HFS-named program files.                   |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| SAVE                  | Allows saving of HFS-named temporary domain files into permanent |
|                       | domain.                                                          |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| SHOWPROC              | Shows processes that belong to a workgroup through the WG=       |
|                       | keyword.                                                         |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| STORE                 | Stores HFS directories and files in HFS directories.             |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| RESTORE               | Restores HFS files and directories.                              |
|                       |                                                                  |
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|                       |                                                                  |
| VSTORE                | Verifies HFS files.                                              |
|                       |                                                                  |
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