Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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The Dictionary DICTCDE Utility
Changing Input, List and Output Files
Changing Input, List and Output Files
DICTCDE uses the formal file designators DICTIN for the input file, DICTOUT for the
output file and DICTLOG for the response log file. The responses made to DICTCDE
interactively are logged to the editor file DICTLOG. This file is session-temporary. An MPE
SAVE command must be used to save this file as a permanent file (see example below). All
responses are logged except for those made to COBEDIT or any MPE commands used
while running DICTCDE.
DICTCDE can be run interactively or from within a job stream. DICTCDE can also be
executed to accept previously entered responses from the terminal as follows:
1. RUN DICTCDE.PUB.SYS Responses are made at the terminal and written to
DICTLOG.
2. SAVE DICTLOG Saves DICTLOG as a permanent file.
3. RENAME DICTLOG,
LOGFILE Renames DICTLOG to the file LOGFILE.
4. FILE DICTIN=LOGFILE The input will be the responses previously entered.
5. RUN DICTCDE.PUB.SYS DICTCDE now accepts the responses in LOGFILE.
6. RESET DICTIN
Please note that when DICTLOG is used as the input file, DICTCDE expects that all the
same prompts will be issued as when DICTCDE was previously run. For example, if you
enter a new copylib name to be used the first time DICTCDE is run, you must purge the
copylib name before re-running DICTCDE using DICTLOG as the list file. (If the copylib is
not purged, the sequence of responses in DICTLOG will not follow the order of the prompts
that will be issued by DICTCDE.) If the specified copylib already existed the first time
DICTCDE was run, it must also exist when DICTCDE is run again using DICTLOG as the
list file.
All terminal output, including the echoed source code, is written to DICTOUT (which is the
terminal when DICTCDE is run interactively). The terminal output can be written to a
disc file by redirecting DICTOUT to a disc file as shown below:
:FILE DICTOUT; SAVE
The terminal output will be echoed to the terminal and written to the disc file. Note that
the MPE SAVE option must be part of the file equation or the file will not be saved as a
permanent file. This file must not already exist (it will be created for you). If this file
already exists, DICTCDE will open $STDLIST instead and issue a warning message.