HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 74)

For more information on the run command, see the run(1) reference page either online or in
the Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual.
Editing Files
The primary OSS text editor is the vi editor (described in Appendix A (page 155) ). The Guardian
text editor is TEDIT.
While neither editor can be used directly to edit files in the opposite environment, they can be
used indirectly and with limitations.
It is always best to edit files with native text editors in their native environment. When it is not
possible or convenient to do this, you can use the methods described here.
Using vi on Guardian Files
The vi editor can be used to edit Guardian type-180 files (Guardian ASCII text files created by
C programs) that reside in the Guardian environment (/G).
The vi editor can read but cannot write to Guardian edit-formatted files (file type 101) in the
Guardian environment. (EDIT files cannot be created with the vi editor.)
To use the vi editor on a Guardian type-101 file, convert the type-101 file to a type-180 file by
using the EDITTOC Guardian program. After editing the file, convert it back to a type-101 file
using the CTOEDIT Guardian program.
Using TEDIT on OSS Files
To use the Guardian TEDIT editor on an OSS file, first copy the OSS file into the /G directory, then
convert it to a type-101 file by using the Guardian CTOEDIT program.
After editing the file with the TEDIT editor, use the Guardian EDITTOC program to convert the file
to type 180. Copy the file back to the OSS environment.
OSS Commands That Interoperate With the Guardian Environment
Not all OSS commands interoperate with the Guardian environment. Some of those that do are
the following.
Description Command
Stops a print command. cancel
Copies a file. cp
Displays the file type. file
Runs a Guardian process from Open System Services. gtacl
Sends a signal to a running process. kill
Lists statistics for files. ls
Runs a process in the OSS environment from the Guardian environment. (TACL
command.) osh
Writes, lists, and extracts archive files. pax
Invokes a Guardian program for installing OSS files onto the OSS file system. (TACL
command.) pinstall
Displays current process status. ps
Runs a process with Guardian attributes. run
Identifies users currently logged in. who
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