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:
/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.