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PORT

SERVICE

Parameters

/APPLICATION

/LOG

Parameters

/IDENTIFICATION

/LOG

/STATIC_RATING

LATCP CREATE — VMS 4.6

  Creates a local LTAn: device or a local database entry for
  the named service on the local VAX/VMS system.

  Format:

    CREATE option

Additional information available:

PORTSERVICE

PORT

 Creates a local LTAn: device  on the VMS node. This device is
 then initialized  using the SET PORT command to associate it
 with a remote server, remote device pair. This remote device
 may be a printer interfaced to a LAT terminal server, for example.

 Format:

   CREATE PORT [local_port_name]

Additional information available:

Parameters

/APPLICATION/LOG

Parameters

 local_port_name

  Specifies the name of the port to be created. The
  local_port_name must be of the form LTAn:, where n
  is the unit number.

/APPLICATION

 /APPLICATION   (D)

 Indicates that the port is being created for application
 terminal use. This is currently the default for all
 CREATE PORT commands.

/LOG

 /LOG   (D)
 /NOLOG

 Specifies whether the CREATE PORT command displays
 information about the specified port. The default is /LOG.

SERVICE

  Causes the node to announce  the service_name as being
  offered by the local node every MULTICAST_TIMER interval.
  A typical service-name would be the nodename or the
  cluster-name, if the node is a member of a VAXcluster.
  If no service name is specified, the name determined
  by translating the logical name SYS$NODE is used.

 FORMAT:
  CREATE SERVICE [service_name]

Additional information available:

Parameters

/IDENTIFICATION/LOG/STATIC_RATING

Parameters

 service_name

  Specifies the name of the newly created service.
  The name can be no more than 16 characters in length,
  and can only include the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z,
  underscore (_), and dollar sign ($). Enclose the
  name in quotes (") if the name has lowercase characters.

/IDENTIFICATION="identification_string"

 /IDENTIFICATION="identification_string"

 Specifies the identification string associated with the
 service name. The string, up to 64 characters in length,
 may not contain a leading ampersand. Nonprintable characters
 are translated to spaces. The string must be placed in
 quotation marks ("). If no string is specified the string
 defaults to the translation of the logical name SYS$ANNOUNCE.

/LOG

 /LOG   (D)
 /NOLOG

 Specifies whether the CREATE SERVICE command displays
 the node and service parameters. The default is /LOG.

/STATIC_RATING=static_rating

 /STATIC_RATING=static_rating
 /NOSTATIC_RATING

 Specifies a service rating value and disables automatic
 rating generation by the LTDRIVER. The specified rating
 will be used as the service rating. To enable automatic
 service rating generation, issue the /NOSTATIC_RATING
 qualifier.

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