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Customizing the Operating System
5.2 Modifying Site-Specific Startup Command Procedures
Term Definition
Site-specific startup
command procedures
Startup command procedures that you can modify to
perform operations specific to your site. Use any text
editor to add or modify commands in these procedures.
STARTUP.COM executes several site-specific startup
command procedures that Compaq provides. These
procedures are listed in Table 5–1.
You can also create your own procedures and execute
them from SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.
Table 5–1 lists and describes the site-specific startup command procedures
provided by Compaq, in the order in which they execute. These procedures are
located in the system directory with the logical name SYS$STARTUP.
Table 5–1 Site-Specific Startup Command Procedures
Order Command Procedure Function
1 SYCONFIG.COM A file to which you add commands for site-specific
device configuration. For more information, see
Section 5.2.4.
2 SYLOGICALS.COM A file to which you add commands to define your
site-specific system logical names. For more
information, see Section 5.2.5.
3 SYPAGSWPFILES.COM A file to which you add commands to install
page and swap files (other than the primary
page and swap files in SYS$SYSTEM, which are
installed automatically). For more information, see
Section 5.2.3.
4 SYSECURITY.COM A file to which you add commands to define the
location of security auditing and security archive
files before starting the security auditing server.
For more information, see Section 5.2.6.
5 SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM A general-purpose command procedure to which you
add commands to perform miscellaneous operations
for setting up your site. For example, you might
mount public disks in SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM. For
more information, see Section 5.2.7.
5.2.1.1 Using Template Files
Your distribution kit provides two versions of each site-specific command
procedure in the directory SYS$MANAGER:
• An executable version with the file type .COM (for example,
SYS$MANAGER:SYCONFIG.COM). The system executes files with the
file type .COM; you can edit .COM files (except for STARTUP.COM) to meet
your site-specific needs.
• A backup version with the file type .TEMPLATE (for example,
SYS$MANAGER:SYCONFIG.TEMPLATE).
Note
Do not modify or delete the Compaq-supplied template command files
with the .TEMPLATE file type. The VMSKITBLD.COM procedure uses
these files to create a new system disk. If you must use the .TEMPLATE
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