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service-name

example

/WRITE_ENABLE

/PASSWORD

/ASYNCHRONOUS

/SYSTEM

/GROUP

LADCP BIND — VMS 5.4

        Format: BIND service-name/qualifier

The bind command is used to create a device associated with the
virtual disk containter.  A logical name is created pointing to this
device and is displayed for the user.

Additional information available:

service-nameexample

/WRITE_ENABLE/PASSWORD/ASYNCHRONOUS/SYSTEM
/GROUP

service-name

The name associated with the virtual disk.

/WRITE_ENABLE

        Format: /[NO]WRITE_ENABLE

This qualifier specifies if the service is to be write enabled or not.
The default value of /NOWRITE_ENABLED means that the service is read-only.

The qualifier is negatable.

/PASSWORD

        Format: /PASSWORD="password-string"

This qualifer is used to specify a password associated with the
virtual disk.

/ASYNCHRONOUS

        Format: /[NO]ANSYNCHRONOUS

This qualifier specifies wheter or not write requests will complete
immediately.  If /ASYNCHROUNOUS is specified, the write request is
completed to the user immediately.  If /NOASYNCHRONOUS is specified,
the user request is not completed until all I/O to the physical disk
over the network is completed.

The default value is /NOASYNCHRONOUS.

/SYSTEM

        Format: /SYSTEM

The BIND command causes a logical name to be created for the new DAD
device that the BIND command creates.  Normally this logical name is
created in the process table.  The /SYSTEM qualifier causes the logical
name to be placed in the system table.

This qualifier requires SYSNAM privilege.

/GROUP

        Format: /GROUP

The BIND command causes a logical name to be created for the new DAD
device that the BIND command creates.  Normally this logical name is
created in the process table.  The /GROUP qualifier causes the logical
name to be placed in the group table.

This qualifier requires GRPNAM privilege.

example

$ LADCP BIND VIRTUAL_DISK/WRITE/NOASYNC

This command will create a device for the service name of
VIRTUAL_DISK. It will create a logical name DAD$VIRTUAL_DISK
that will point to this device.  It also instruct that any write
request performed will written before the write request completes.

$ LADCP BIND CD_DOC_00661/NOWRITE

This command will create a read-only disk pointed to by the logical
name DAD$CD_DOC_00661.

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