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Getting Started with DECTPU
This chapter describes the following:
• Invoking DECTPU on OpenVMS systems
• Invoking DECTPU from a DCL command procedure
• Invoking DECTPU from a batch job
• Using journal files
• Avoiding errors related to virtual address space
• Using OpenVMS command line qualifiers
2.1 Invoking DECTPU on OpenVMS Systems
On OpenVMS systems you can invoke DECTPU through the Digital Command
Language (DCL).
The basic DCL command for invoking DECTPU with EVE (the default editor) is
as follows:
$ EDIT/TPU
To invoke DECTPU from DCL, type the command EDIT/TPU, optionally followed
by the name of your file:
$ EDIT/TPU text_file.lis
This command opens TEXT_FILE.LIS for editing.
If you are using the EVE editor, Compaq suggests that you create a symbol like
the following one to simplify invoking EVE:
$ EVE == "EDIT/TPU"
When you invoke DECTPU with the preceding command, you are usually placed
in EVE, the default editor. However, you should check that your system manager
has not overridden this default.
You can specify multiple input files on the DECTPU command line. The files
must be separated by commas. The maximum number of files you can specify is
10. For the ambiguous file names, EVE displays a warning message.
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