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ACCOUNTINGACLAUDITBROADCASTDEFAULT
DEVICESERRORINTRUSIONKEYLOGICALMAGTAPEMEMORY
NETWORKPRINTERPROCESSPROTECTIONQUEUEQUOTA
RMS_DEFAULTSTATUSSYMBOLSYSTEMTERMINALTIME
TRANSLATIONUSERSWORKING_SET

Displays the activities for which accounting is currently enabled.

Format
 SHOW ACCOUNTING

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Qualifiers

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default,
 the display is written to the SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the access control list (ACL) of an object.

Format
 SHOW ACL object

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PARAMETERSQUALIFIERS

object
 The object whose ACL is to be displayed.  No wildcard characters
 are allowed.

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/OBJECT_TYPE(

 Specifies the type of the object whose ACL is being displayed.
 Possible keywords are:  FILE (default), DEVICE, GROUP_GLOBAL_SECTION,
 LOGICAL_NAME_TABLE, and SYSTEM_GLOBAL_SECTION.

Format
 SHOW AUDIT

 Requires the SECURITY privilege.
 Displays the set of auditing features that have been enabled with the
 SET AUDIT command and the events that they will report.

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Qualifiers

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the message classes that are currently enabled by the SET
BROADCAST command.

Format
 SHOW BROADCAST

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Qualifiers

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default,
 the display is written to the SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the current default device and directory.

Format
 SHOW DEFAULT

Displays information about the devices on the system.

Format
 SHOW DEVICES [device-name]

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ParametersQualifiers

device-name
 Name of the device. The name can be generic -- if no controller or
 unit number is specified, all devices that satisfy that portion of the
 name are displayed. For example, D means all disk devices.

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/ALLOCATED/BRIEF/FILES/FULL/MOUNTED/OUTPUT
/SYSTEM/WINDOWS

 Displays information on allocated devices.

 /FULL
 Provides a brief display or a full display. A brief display contains
 the following information:

 time
 device name
 status (on line or not)
 characteristics (if the device is allocated,
   if it is spooled, if it has a volume mounted
   on it, if it has a foreign volume mounted on it)
 error count
 volume label
 free blocks on the volume
 number of transactions
 number of mount requests

 A full display contains the information of a brief display plus:

 number of I/O operations completed
 number of references
 process identification and name of the device owner
 default buffer size
 UIC of volume owner
 volume protection
 volume status (if it is mounted /SYSTEM or /GROUP)
 name of the volume's ACP
 relative volume number
 default cluster size
 maximum number of files allowed on the volume

 Requires SYSPRV or BYPASS privilege to read protected files.
 Names the open files on the volume. A blank file name indicates a
 temporary file. If the /SYSTEM qualifier is also specified, only the
 names of installed files and files opened by the system are displayed
 (including files opened without the ACP and system files). If
 /NOSYSTEM is specified, only files opened by processes are displayed.
 Incompatible with /ALLOCATED, /BRIEF, /FULL or /MOUNTED.

 See /BRIEF.

 Displays devices with volumes mounted on them.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

 /NOSYSTEM
 Names (when /FILES is specified) only those files opened by the system
 or only those files opened by a process (/NOSYSTEM). The default is
 all open files.

 Displays the window count and total size of all windows for files open
 on a volume, as well as the file name and related process name and
 process identification (PID). The letter C in the display indicates
 that the file is open with cathedral (segmented) windows.

Displays any nonzero error count for the CPU, memory, and devices.

Format
 SHOW ERROR

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Qualifiers

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/FULL/OUTPUT

 Also displays error counts for terminals. By default, terminals are
 not included.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the contents of the breakin database.

Format
 SHOW INTRUSION
   Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

   Requires CMKRNL and SECURITY privileges.

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Qualifiers

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/OUTPUT/TYPE

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which output is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

 /TYPE=ALL (default)
 Selects the type of information displayed with one of the following
 keywords:

 +----------+-------------------------------------------------------+
 | ALL      | Displays all breakin entries (default)                |
 +----------+-------------------------------------------------------+
 | INTRUDER | Displays breakin entries for which the login failure  |
 |          | rate was high enough to warrant evasive action        |
 +----------+-------------------------------------------------------+
 | SUSPECT  | Displays breakin entries for login failures that have |
 |          | occurred, but have not been identified as intruder    |
 +----------+-------------------------------------------------------+

Displays key definitions created with the DEFINE/KEY command.

Format
 SHOW KEY [key-name]

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ParametersQualifiers

key-name
 The name of the key. Permissible keys are as follows:

 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 |      Keyname     | VT100 Key  |       VT200 Key       |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | PF1              | PF1        | PF1                   |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | PF2              | PF2        | PF2                   |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | PF3              | PF3        | PF3                   |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | PF4              | PF4        | PF4                   |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | KP0, KP1-KP9     | Keypad 0-9 | Keypad 0-9            |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | PERIOD           | period key | period key            |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | COMMA            | comma key  | comma key             |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | MINUS            | minus key  | minus key             |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | ENTER            | enter key  | enter key             |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | FIND,INSERT HERE | -          | Find,Insert Here      |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | REMOVE,SELECT    | -          | Remove,Select         |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | PREV_SCREEN      | -          | Prev Screen           |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | NEXT_SCREEN      | -          | Next Screen           |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | HELP,DO          | -          | Help(F15),Do(F16)     |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+
 | F6-F20           | -          | Function Keys F6-F20  |
 +------------------+------------+-----------------------+

 Note: You cannot define the UP and DOWN arrow keys or function keys
 F1 through F5.  You must issue the SET TERMINAL/NOLINE_EDITING
 command before defining the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys and function
 keys F6 through F14.

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/ALL/BRIEF/DIRECTORY/STATE

 Displays all key definitions in the current state (or the state
 specified with the /STATE qualifier), including the state for each
 definition and all qualifiers that are associated with each
 definition. Incompatible with the key-name parameter.

 /FULL
 Determines whether only the key definition and state are displayed
 (/BRIEF) or whether all qualifiers associates with the key definition
 are displayed as well (/FULL).

 Displays the names of all states for which keys have been defined.

 /NOSTATE
 Displays the key definition(s) for the specified state(s). The current
 state is the default.

Displays a logical name or names, equivalences, level(s) of
translation, and logical name table(s). If no logical name is
specified, displays the logical names in the list of tables specified
by LNM$DCL_LOGICAL.

Format
 SHOW LOGICAL [logical-name,...]

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ParametersQualifiers

logical-name
 A logical name or names. The asterisk (*) and per cent (%) wildcard
 characters are allowed; however, if a wildcard character is present,
 iterative translation is not done.

Additional information available:

/ACCESS_MODE/ALL/DESCENDANTS/GROUP/FULL
/JOB/OUTPUT/PROCESS/STRUCTURE/SYSTEM/TABLE

 Displays names in the specified and inner access modes.  Access modes
 include SUPERVISOR_MODE, EXECUTIVE_MODE, KERNEL_MODE, and USER_MODE;
 the default is USER_MODE.

 Displays all logical names. Specifying the /ALL qualifier is
 equivalent to omitting the logical name.

 /NODESCENDANTS (default)
 Searches descendant tables as well as the table specified with the
 /TABLE qualifier.  If you use the /DESCENDANTS qualifier, you must
 also use the /TABLE qualifier.

 /JOB
 /PROCESS
 /SYSTEM
 Specifies the table from which the logical name is to be read. The
 /GROUP qualifier is synonymous with /TABLE=LNM$GROUP. The /JOB
 qualifier is synonymous with /TABLE=LNM$JOB. The /PROCESS qualifier is
 synonymous with /TABLE=LNM$PROCESS. The /SYSTEM qualifier is
 synonymous with /TABLE=LNM$SYSTEM.

 Displays more detailed information on the access mode and any attributes
 for each logical name, equivalence string, and logical name table.

 See /GROUP.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default,
 the display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

 See /GROUP.

 Displays the family tree of all accessible tables.  /STRUCTURE is mutually
 exclusive with all other qualifiers but /OUTPUT, /ACCESS_MODE, and /FULL.

 See /GROUP.

 Requires READ access to display or search a shareable logical name table.

 Displays the specified logical name table(s). Wildcards are allowed.
 Wildcarded names are used to match table names. Non-wildcarded names
 are treated both as table names and table search lists (whichever is
 appropriate).

Displays the current  characteristics  and  status  of  a  specified
magnetic tape device.

Format:
 SHOW MAGTAPE device-name[:]

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ParametersQualifier

device-name[:]
 Specifies the name of the magnetic tape device for which you want to
 display the characteristics and status.

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays information about system resources related to memory.

Format
 SHOW MEMORY

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Qualifiers

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/ALL/FILES/FULL/OUTPUT/PHYSICAL_PAGES/POOL
/SLOTS

 Displays information about paging and swapping files, physical memory,
 use of pool areas, process entry slots, and balance slots.

 Displays information about the paging and swap files.

 When used with the /FILES and /POOL qualifiers, displays additional
 information about the usage of each pool area or paging and swapping
 file.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

 Displays information about the use of physical memory, including the
 number of pages in use and the number of pages on the free and
 modified page lists.

 Displays additional information about the use of fixed-size and
 dynamic pool areas, including the amount of free and used space and
 the size of the largest contiguous block for each pool.

 Displays information about the availability of process entry and
 balance slots.

If your system is a routing node, displays the name and hardware
line for each accessible network node, plus the number of logical
links, the line cost, and the actual cost (hops) between your node
and the other node.  If your system is a non-routing node, displays
the designated routes for your system.

Format
 SHOW NETWORK

 Requires the DECnet Option.

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QUALIFIERS

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the characteristics of a printer.

Format
 SHOW PRINTER device-name

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ParametersQualifiers

device-name
 Name of the printer.

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays information about your process and any current subprocesses.
If no qualifier is entered, only a basic subset of information is
displayed: the time, process terminal, user name and UIC, process name
and process identification, priority, default directory, and allocated
devices.

Format
 SHOW PROCESS process-name

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ParametersQualifiers

process-name

 Requires ownership of the process or that you have GROUP privilege
 and the process is in your group.
 The name of the process about which information is to be displayed.
 Incompatible with the /IDENTIFICATION qualifier.

Additional information available:

/ACCOUNTING/ALL/CONTINUOUS/IDENTIFICATION
/MEMORY/OUTPUT/PRIVILEGES/QUOTAS/SUBPROCESSES

 Displays the accumulated accounting statistics for the current
 session.

 Displays the basic subset of information, plus the accounting
 statistics, privileges, quotas, and subprocesses.

 Dynamically displays information about the specified process. Specify
 the process name as a parameter (process name defaults to the current
 process). Press the V key to display a map of the pages in the virtual
 address space of the process. Each character displayed in the map
 represents the type of page. If the current program counter (PC) is in
 the page, the page type is indicated by an at (@) sign. Pages locked
 in the working set are indicated by the letter L. Global pages are
 indicated by the letter G. Other valid pages in the working set are
 indicated by an asterisk. To terminate the display, press the E key.
 To return to the original display, press the spacebar.

 Requires GROUP or WORLD privilege to access processes other than the
 current process.
 Displays information about the process with the specified process
 identification. Incompatible with the process name parameter and the
 /SUBPROCESSES qualifier.

 Displays the process's use of dynamic memory areas.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

 Displays privileges and identifiers currently enabled for the process.

 Displays, for each resource, either a quota or a limit.  The values
 displayed for quotas reflect any quota reductions resulting from
 subprocess creation.  The values displayed for limits reflect the
 resources available to a process at creation.

 Displays the current subprocesses in hierarchical order. Incompatible
 with the /IDENTIFICATION qualifier.

Displays your default file protection.

Format
 SHOW PROTECTION

Displays the current status of batch and print jobs.

Format
 SHOW QUEUE [queue-name]

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

/CHARACTERISTIC/FORM

queue-name
 Name of the queue in which the job exists. If not specified,
 information on all queues is displayed. Wildcard characters are valid;
 the default queue-name is *.

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/ALL/BATCH/BRIEF/DEVICE/FILES/FULL/OUTPUT

 Displays all current and pending jobs in the specified queue(s).

 Displays all batch queues and any jobs in those queues that are owned
 by the current process.

 /FULL
 Displays a brief or full description of the jobs in the queue(s).

 Displays jobs owned by the current process in all printer, terminal,
 and server queues.

 Requests a brief listing of information about job entries in the queue
 with the list of files associated with each job.  The display includes
 a full file specification for each file in each job.

 See /BRIEF.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the names and numbers of available queue characteristics.

Format
 SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS [characteristic]

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

characteristic
 The name of a characteristic. You can use wildcard characters. The
 default is *.

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays predefined forms names and numbers that are available on
queues.

Format
 SHOW QUEUE/FORM [form-name]

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

form-name
 The name of the form. You can use wildcard characters. The default is
 *.

Additional information available:

/BRIEF/FULL/OUTPU

 /FULL
 Displays a brief description (forms names, numbers, and descriptions)
 or a full description (forms names, forms numbers, forms descriptions,
 and DEFINE/FORM qulifier settings).

 See /BRIEF.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the current disk quota that is authorized for a specific user
on a specific disk. (This display also includes a calculation of the
amount of space available and the amount of overdraft that is
permitted.)

Format
 SHOW QUOTA

 Requires Secure User Environment Option.

 Requires read access to the quota file in order to display the quotas of
 other users.

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Qualifiers

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/DISK/USER

 Specifies the disk whose quotas are to be examined. By default, the
 current default disk is examined.

 Specifies which user's quotas are to be displayed. By default, the
 current user's quotas are displayed.

Displays the current default multiblock count and multibuffer count
that VAX-11 RMS uses for file operations.

Format
 SHOW RMS_DEFAULT

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Qualifiers

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the current status of your process: the date, cumulative
processor time used, cumulative buffered I/O operations performed,
cumulative direct I/O operations performed, working set limit, amount
of physical memory being used, number of open files, and cumulative
page faults.

Format
 SHOW STATUS

Displays the value(s) of the specified symbol(s).

Format
 SHOW SYMBOL [symbol-name]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

symbol-name
 The name of the symbol. The name is required if /ALL is not specified
 and is incompatible with /ALL. If /LOCAL or /GLOBAL is not specified,
 symbol-name means the first symbol at: (1) the current command level,
 (2) a higher command level, or (3) the global level, in that order.
 Wildcard characters are allowed in the symbol-name specification.

Additional information available:

/ALL/GLOBAL/LOCAL/LOG

 Displays the current values of all symbols in the specified symbol
 table.

 /LOCAL (default when /ALL is specified)
 Indicates the level of the symbol.

 See /GLOBAL.

 /NOLOG (default)
 Generates a message indicating truncation of the symbol value. (The
 symbol value is truncated if it exceeds 255 characters.)

Displays status information concerning current processes: the time,
process name and identification, processing state, priority, total
process I/O, cumulative processor time used, cumulative page faults,
amount of physical memory being used, and the type of process if not
interactive (B for batch, N for network, S for subprocess).

Format
 SHOW SYSTEM

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Qualifiers

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/BATCH/FULL/OUTPUT

 /NETWORK
 /PROCESS (default)
 /SUBPROCESS
 Displays all batch jobs, all network processes, all processes, or all
 subprocesses on the system.

 Displays the default status information for current processes,
 plus process UICs.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the current characteristics of a terminal. (See SET TERMINAL
for a list of the characteristics displayed.)

Format
 SHOW TERMINAL [device-name]

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ParametersQualifiers

device-name
 Name of the terminal. The default is your terminal (SYS$COMMAND).

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/OUTPUT/PERMANENT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

 Displays the permanent characteristics of the terminal.

Displays the current date and time.

Format
 SHOW [DAY]TIME

Searches one or more logical name tables for a specified logical name
and returns the equivalence name of the first match found. If you do
not specify the table, the tables specified by the multivalued logical
name LNM$DCL_LOGICAL are searched. Unless LNM$DCL_LOGICAL has been
redefined for your process, the process, job, group, and system
logical name tables are searched in that order. The translation is not
iterative.

Format
 SHOW TRANSLATION logical-name

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ParametersQualifiers

logical-name
 The logical name to be displayed.

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/TABLE

 Searches the specified table. The default is /TABLE = LNM$DCL_LOGICAL.

Displays the user name, process name, terminal name, and process
identification code (PID) of interactive users on the system.

Format
 SHOW USERS [user-name]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

user-name
 The user about whom you want information. If you specify a string, all
 users whose user names begin with the string are displayed. If you
 omit user-name, a list of all interactive users is displayed.

Additional information available:

/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

Displays the working set limit, quota, and extent assigned to the
current process.

Format
 SHOW WORKING_SET

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Qualifiers

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/OUTPUT

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.