******************************** *** OpenVMS Upgrade *** *** Changes and Enhancements *** ******************************** On Tuesday, June 27, MCIS will be upgrading from OpenVMS V1.5 to OpenVMS V6.1 on the MIAVX1 system. Although the version numbers appear to be several releases apart, V6.1 is the next release after V1.5. The jump in version numbers is to synchronize the Alpha and VAX version numbers. Below are summarized the significant changes and enhancements to the user interface provided by this upgrade. A more complete list of changes can be found in the files: SYS$HELP:OPENVMS_AXP_V61_RELNOTES.TXT and SYS$HELP:OPENVMS_AXP_V61_RELNOTES.TXT. Due to the size of these files, MCIS asks that you don't print them. Changes: o Command recall now saves the last 254 commands issued rather than the last 20. New Features: o SET TERMINAL/PAGE=48 now works correctly to VT420 terminals. o DIFFERENCE/IGNORE=CASE - compares files disregarding case differences. o new qualifiers added to several commands. These qualifiers include: /PAGE - displays output a page at a time. Also allows backward scrolling of the past 5 screens, panning right and left, and switching between 80 and 132 columns display (all of these require the /PAGE=SAVE option for the TYPE command). /HEADER - displays the filename at the top of the file listing. This qualifier only exists for the TYPE command. /SEARCH - highlights all occurrences of the text specified. For example, /SEARCH="test" would highlight all occurrences of the word "test" in the output. /HIGHLIGHT - changes the highlighting charactistic. The default highlighting is done using BOLD. Other options include: BLINK, REVERSE, and UNDERLINE. This qualifier requires the /SEARCH qualifier. /EXACT - specifies that the search criteria should be an exact match, regardless of case. This qualifier requires the /SEARCH qualifier. /WRAP - controls wrapping of characters that extend beyond the right side of the screen. The default is /NOWRAP. These new qualifiers were added to the following commands: Command /EXACT /HEADER /HIGHLIGHT /PAGE /SEARCH /WRAP ------- ------ ------- ---------- ----- ------- ----- DIFFERENCES X X X X X DIRECTORY X X X X X DUMP X X X X X HELP X X X X X SEARCH [1] X X X SHOW DEVICES X X X X X SHOW ENTRY X X X X X SHOW LOGICAL X X X X X SHOW MEMORY X X X X X SHOW PROCESS X X X X X SHOW QUEUE X X X X X SHOW SYSTEM X X X X X SHOW USERS X X X X X TYPE X X X [2] X X Notes: [1] This qualifier existed before OpenVMS 6.1. [2] This qualifier existed before OpenVMS 6.1 but has been enhanced in OpenVMS 6.1. o TYPE/TAIL=n qualifier - This qualifier displays the last n lines of the file. If you don't specify n, the default is the current screen height. o SHOW/SET SECURITY - All security functions can now be performed using the SHOW SECURITY or SET SECURITY commands. Older commands, such as SET FILE/PROT=... will continue to work. -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] (internet) kacovert@miavx1 (bitnet)