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About This Guide

This guide provides introductory information and task-oriented instructions for using the
Compaq Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL) and various Guardian
environment utilities. The utilities and procedures described in this guide include many
of the more common operations tasks that users will need to perform on a system
running the Compaq NonStop™ Kernel operating system.

What’s in This Guide?

Section

Describes...

Section 1, Introduction to Guardian
System Operations

The concept of performing operations tasks on a
NonStop™ Kernel system in the Guardian
environment, and provides a checklist of routine
tasks.

Part I.

Using the Compaq Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL)

Section 2, Getting Started With TACL

The TACL program as a command interpreter and
describes how to access the NonStop™ Kernel
system, including logging on and off and entering
TACL commands. It also introduces Safeguard, a
security program, and describes how to log on to a
terminal controlled by Safeguard and how to change
a password.

Section 3, Managing Files With
TACL

Using the TACL program to manage disk files.

Section 4, Starting and Controlling
Processes With TACL

Using the TACL program to manage processes that
you start.

Section 5, Defining Function Keys
and Writing Macros

How to define function keys and write simple TACL
macros.

Section 6, Creating and Using
DEFINEs

Using DEFINEs, which are sets of attributes and
values, to pass information to processes you start.

Part II.

Managing Files Using the File Utility Program (FUP)

Section 7, Using FUP for Basic File
Management

FUP, and some of its basic features (renaming,
duplicating, and deleting files).