CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  New and Changed Character-Cell Interface Statements and DCL Commands for Version 2.1

  1      Fundamental Concepts

  1.1     An Introduction to the Character-Cell Interface
    1.1.1      Invoking the Character-Cell Interface
    1.1.2      When to Use the Character-Cell Interface
    1.1.3      Understanding Access by Several Users

  1.2     Using Path Names
    1.2.1      Understanding Path Name Components
    1.2.2      Understanding the Path Name Hierarchy
    1.2.3      Specifying Path Names
    1.2.4      Path Name Syntax Rules

  1.3     Understanding Statement Syntax Rules
    1.3.1      Terminating Statements
    1.3.2      Understanding Case Sensitivity
    1.3.3      Using Quotes
    1.3.4      Using Abbreviations
    1.3.5      Using Qualifiers and Options

  1.4     Creating and Using an Initialization File
    1.4.1      A Sample Initialization File
    1.4.2      Using an Initialization File
    1.4.3      How RdbExpert Searches For an Initialization File

  1.5     A Sample Command File

  1.6     A Statement Summary

  2      Character-Cell Interface Statements

  2.1     CLEAR Statement

  2.2     CLI Statement

  2.3     CLOSE DIRECTORY Statement

  2.4     COPY Statement

  2.5     CREATE Statement

  2.6     CREATE DIRECTORY Statement

  2.7     DEFINE/KEY Statement

  2.8     DELETE Statement

  2.9     DELETE DIRECTORY Statement

  2.10    DIRECTORY Statement

  2.11    EDIT Statement

  2.12    Execute (@) Statement

  2.13    EXIT Statement

  2.14    EXPORT Statement, Design Element

  2.15    EXPORT Statement, Logical Schema

  2.16    EXPORT Statement, Physical Schema

  2.17    EXPORT Statement, Procedure

  2.18    FORMAT Statement

  2.19    GENERATE Statement

  2.20    HELP Statement

  2.21    IMPORT ENVIRONMENT Statement

  2.22    IMPORT LOGICAL_SCHEMA Statement

  2.23    IMPORT VOLUME Statement

  2.24    IMPORT WORKLOAD Statement

  2.25    MOVE Statement

  2.26    ON Statement

  2.27    OPEN DIRECTORY Statement

  2.28    PRINT Statement

  2.29    REPORT Statement

  2.30    RESERVE Statement

  2.31    SET Statement

  2.32    SHOW Statement

  2.33    TRANSPORT LOGICAL_SCHEMA Statement

  2.34    TRANSPORT WORKLOAD Statement

  2.35    UNRESERVE Statement

  2.36    VALIDATE Statement

  A   DCL Command Summary

  A.1     GSEDIT Command

  A.2     RDBEXPERT Command

  B   Deprecated Statements

  B.1     DCL Statement

  B.2     ECHO Statement

  B.3     SPAWN Statement

  C   Summary of Statements and DCL Commands Syntax

  C.1     Statements Syntax Summary

  C.2     DCL Commands Syntax Summary

  C.3     Deprecated Statements Syntax Summary

  TABLES

  2-1        Definable Keys and Terminal Keyboards