Document revision date: 19 July 1999

A
Access
modes
run-time options
Access specification
list of mask values
ACEs (access control entries)
RMS limitation
ACLs (access control lists)
conversion methods
use with RMS control block
Actual offset value
avoiding use of
AIDs (area identification numbers)
program example
Append access
use of RAB$V_EOF option
Area descriptors
how affected by extending index file
Argument delimiters
used with RMS
Argument keywords
delimiting for RMS
Argument lists
count field
description
error routine address field
new FAB address field
passing to record management services
passing to service
success routine address field
Argument values
passed to AST-level completion routine
Arguments
delimiters for RMS
for initialization and control block store macros
passing
separator in RMS coding
specifying as run-time values
to FABs
to RABs
ASCII characters
delimiting in control block fields #1
delimiting in control block fields #2
AST completion routines
arguments passed to
ASTs (asynchronous system traps)
argument lists
argument values
arguments passed to completion routines
Asynchronous completion
Asynchronous operations
contrasted with synchronous operation
Asynchronous option
Automatic file extension
B
Block I/O
execution contrasted with record I/O execution
how implemented by record management services
how to specify for relative and indexed files
program example
requirements for mixing with record I/O
services
use of NBP for sequential files
using record management services
with multiple record streams
with record I/O processing
Bucket splits
minimizing
Buckets
boundary
file organization considerations
BYTLM quota
limiting size of user's ACL buffer
C
C
programming examples implementing RMS
Caller access mode
Calling sequence
Calling standard
for calling services #1
for calling services #2
CDT argument
Channel access mode protection option
CHG (change) option
in XAB$B_FLG field
Close service #1
Close service #2
Close service #3
Close service #4
Close service #5
condition values
contrasted with Disconnect service
control block input fields
control block output fields
limitations with XABs
use restrictions #1
use restrictions #2
Collating key
data type
stored order versus lookup value #1
stored order versus lookup value #2
Comment separators
Completion routines
conditions for AST execution
service macro arguments
Completion status code field
as alternative to use of R0
for signaling errors
use with debugger
Completion status codes
description
handling
listing conditions when not returned
severity codes
Completion status value field
as alternative to use of R0
for signaling errors
use with debugger
Connect service #1
Connect service #2
comparing positioning for various file organizations
condition values
connecting record stream
control block input fields
control block output fields
program example
use with multiple keys
Continuation character (-)
use in RMS coding
Control block options
specifying by symbolic bit offset
Control block store macros
description
example
placement guidelines
requirement for number sign
use of R0
Control blocks
dual purpose
field naming conventions
for extended attributes
for file name operations
for file services
for record services
macro names
requirements for valid default values
symbolic bit offset
symbolic constant (keyword) value
symbolic naming exceptions
symbolic offsets
types of macros
use restrictions
use with OpenVMS languages
CONVERT command
CREATE/FDL command
Create-if option #1
Create-if option #2
$CREATE macro
Create service #1
Create service #2
Create service #3
condition values
contrasted with Open service
control block input fields
control block output fields
handling search list
program example #1
program example #2
specifying prolog level
using the create-if option
using the NAM block
using to create indexed files
XAB override in various fields
Ctrl/Z key sequence
using as end-of-file marker
using to terminate Get service
D
DANs (data bucket area numbers)
program example
Data levels
comparing for primary and alternate keys
Debugger
use with completion status codes
DEC Multinational Character Set
using
DECnet
specifying maximum record size for remote file access
Default value for revision date and time
Delete service
condition values
control block input fields
control block output fields
program example
requirements
use restrictions
Delimiters
using in control block arguments #1
using in control block arguments #2
using in control block arguments #3
using in control block arguments #4
$DEVDEF macro
source of DEV field bit definitions
DFL (data bucket fill size)
program example
Disconnect service
condition values
control block input fields
control block output fields
program example
using with multiple RABs
Disk cluster boundary
determining allocation quantity
Display service
condition values
control block input fields
control block output fields
requirements
DNA argument
DNM argument
DNM field #1
DNM field #2
DNS argument
DUP (duplicate) option
in XAB$B_FLG field
Duplicate keys
examples
incompatibility between RMS and RMS-11
insertion order
retrieving records

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