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Guardian User’s Guide — 425266-001
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Getting Started With TACL
The Compaq Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL) program, the command
interpreter for the Guardian environment, is the primary interface between you and the
Compaq NonStop™ Kernel operating system.
The TACL program lets you designate special function keys and create macros:
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Assign an alias, or alternate name, to a TACL command or an application. You can
execute the command or application by simply entering the alias name.
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Write a macro to execute TACL commands or run an application. A macro is a
named sequence of one or more TACL commands stored in an EDIT file. Entering
the macro name invokes the command sequence or application.
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Define your function keys to execute TACL commands, invoke macro and alias
definitions, and run applications.
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Write programming routines to perform complex operations.
See Section 5, Defining Function Keys and Writing Macros , for more information.
The TACL program can also be used as a programming language, but this is not
described in this guide. See the TACL Reference Manual and the TACL Programming
Guide for more information.
The Safeguard subsystem is a group of software security programs that supplements the
system security features that is commonly used to secure user logons to TACL sessions.
Topic Page
Using TACL as a Command Interpreter 2-2
Logging On With TACL 2-3
Logging Off With TACL 2-6
Accessing Other Systems 2-6
Changing Your Password 2-8
Logging On With Safeguard 2-9
Getting TACL Help 2-12
Displaying User Information 2-13
Using Your Command History 2-15