MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List VII
Commands MOUNT thru OUTFENCE
You can issue the NEWLINK command from a session, job, program, or in BREAK. NEWLINK
requires Save Files (SF) capability, Create Directory entry (CD) and Traverse Directory
(TD) permissions.
Examples
The following tree structure will be used to construct the examples that follow it. Assume
that the CWD is /ACCT1/PUB.
ROOT
|-
| | |
ACCT1 dir SOFTWARE
| / \ |
- f1 f2
| | | |
PUB dir1 PUB CODE
| / \ | |
- file1 file2 ACCTORG -
| | | | | |
ACCTUDC FILE3 COMMON TERMIO COMPALL dir2
/ | \
f1 f2 dir3
To create a symbolic link named PAYCODE to the file PAYROLL.CODE.SOFTWARE,
enter the following command:
:NEWLINK LINK=PAYCODE; TO=PAYROLL.CODE.SOFTWARE
Or, optionally use the positional parameters and enter:
:NEWLINK PAYCODE, PAYROLL.CODE.SOFTWARE
You now can access PAYROLL.SAFE.SOFTWARE through PAYCODE. For example, if you
have read access to the file PAYROLL.CODE.SOFTWARE, you may enter the following
command to print the contents of the file:
:PRINT PAYCODE
To create a symbolic link named FARFILE in PUB.ACCT1 that references
/SOFTWARE/CODE/dir2/f1, enter the following command:
:NEWLINK LINK=FARFILE; TO=/SOFTWARE/CODE/dir2/f1
Suppose that file COMMON.CODE.SOFTWARE contains information that is used
frequently. To display the contents of the file the following command has been used:
:PRINT COMMON.CODE.SOFTWARE
By creating a symbolic link to the file, you can simplify what users need to type to print it.
For example:
STORE No Link is not resolved. Therefore, operation is performed on the
name specified.
Table 9-3. CI Commands Affected by Symbolic Links
Command Name Follow Link Notes