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BLISSREQ

DECNET

DEVELOP

FILETOOLS

EXAMPLES

HELP

LIBRARY

MANAGER

MISCTOOLS

QUEUES

REQUIRED

TEXTTOOLS

UETP

VMS Tailoring Facility GROUPS — VMS 4.6

 Each file in VMS is categorized one or more file  groups.   Each
 group  has  a name and can be manipulated by Tailoring commands.
 For a detailed listing of the contents  of  any  group  use  the
 DIRECTORY command.

Additional information available:

BLISSREQDECNETDEVELOPFILETOOLSEXAMPLESHELPLIBRARY
MANAGERMISCTOOLSQUEUESREQUIREDTEXTTOOLS
UETP

BLISSREQ

 The BLISSREQ files are required to install  the  BLISS  language
 optional   software   product.   These  files  are  used  during
 installation of BLISS to generate compile  time  libraries,  and
 may be deleted after language installation is complete.  This is
 an optional file group.

DECNET

 The DECnet files give the system a local networking  capability.
 However,  you  must  purchase  a  separate  license to gain full
 networking capability.

DEVELOP

 Develop files  are  used  for  the  development  of  application
 programs.   They  include  the  EDT  editor, MACRO-32 assembler,
 VAX/VMS librarian, VAX/VMS linker, VAX-11 Symbolic Debugger, and
 the  libraries  they use.  Help text for the mentioned utilities
 is also included.

FILETOOLS

 This group includes utilities used to analyze and dump files and
 to create and modify ISAM files.

EXAMPLES

 Programming examples for various VMS applications and the system
 map  are  included  in  this  category.   These  files  are also
 reproduced in  the  microfiche  source  listings.   This  is  an
 optional file group.

HELP

 Help text displayed by the VAX/VMS HELP command and several  VMS
 utilities.

LIBRARY

 Library files are commonly used during  the  assembly,  linking,
 and compilation of programs.

MANAGER

 These files are used to  perform  system  management  functions.
 They  include  accounting,  disk  quota,  volume preparation and
 maintenance,  and  user  authorization  functions,  as  well  as
 command procedures used by the system manager.

MISCTOOLS

 Misctools files cosist  of  system  programming  support  tools,
 tools for analyzing crash dumps and other miscellaneous tools.

QUEUES

 Queues files are used to initialize, start, and stop  the  batch
 and device queues, and to submit jobs.

REQUIRED

 Required files are those that are needed  to  boot  VMS  and  to
 perform  basic  file  manipulations  such  as  COPY  and RENAME.
 Support for all standard VAX/VMS  devices  is  included.   These
 files  are  permanently  installed to the system disk and should
 not be removed.

TEXTTOOLS

 Texttools files are used for text editing and  text  formatting.
 They include all editors and DIGITAL Standard Runoff.

UETP

 The "User Environment Test Package" files includes a variety  of
 tests  to insure that your VAX/VMS system is operating properly.
 Instructions for running the UETP in a tailored environment  are
 included in the installation manual.

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