In order to access a remote file or device interactively,
you must first issue a FILE command that specifies
the remote location of the file. However, you cannot indicate the
location directly in the MPE/iX command or subsystem command that
accesses the file.
Example 1
Let's say that you wish to print a text file named
DOCUMENT on a line printer connected
to a remote HP 3000 computer. You are editing the text file on your
local system. After defining an environment on the remote node,
you can issue a local FILE command at the MPE/iX
prompt that designates the line printer as a remote device and specifies
the environment in which it exists. You must also log on to the
remote node:
DSLINE NIKOLAI
FILE REMPRINT;DEV = NIKOLAI#LP
REMOTE HELLO NSUSER.NSACCT |
You can then send your finished TDP file to the remote line
printer as follows. The local MPE/iX and TDP prompts are shown,
and user input is underlined for clarity.
:RUN TDP.PUB.SYS
/FINAL FROM DOCUMENT TO *REMPRINT |
Example 2
DSLINE NIKOLAI
REMOTE HELLO USER.ACCT
FILE SOURCE=XYZ:NIKOLAI
PASCAL *SOURCE |
You may want to compile a remote Pascal source file on your
local system. This is how you can do it from the MPE/iX prompt:
Example 3
Let's assume that you have created a session on a
remote node by typing at the MPE/iX prompt:
DSLINE NIKOLAI
REMOTE HELLO USER.ACCT |
In order to access a file on your local node, you may use
the $BACK specification. Here's
an example of that method. The local and remote MPE/iX prompts are
shown, and user input is underlined for clarity.
:REMOTE
NIKOLAI#FILE SOURCE=XYZ:$BACK
NIKOLAI#PASCAL *SOURCE |
Example 4
A problem may occur when using $BACK
for a transfer between two nodes whose domains and organizations
are different. To eliminate a problem with the use of $BACK
when a transfer is being made between two nodes whose domains and
organizations are different: configure the remote machine (using
NMMGR; NM capability required), so that its network directory includes
two entries:
1)localnode.localdomain.localorganization, and
2) localnode.remotedomain.remoteorganization. |
For example, if you were to issue a DSLINE
from node A.LAB.CND to node B.SJ.CA,
you would have to add the following entries to the network directory
of node B.SJ.CA:
