The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition (HP Technologies) [Paperback]

Patrick Holmay Manager Analysts International Corporation (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1555582036 | ISBN-13: 978-1555582036 | Publication Date: September 3, 1998 | Edition: 2

Completely updated and revised, The OpenVMS User's Guide continues to be the prime resource for new and non-technical users on how to use OpenVMS and customize it to their working environment. For more proficient users, the book serves as a quick look-up reference.

The book begins with an introduction to the OpenVMS operating system and its built-in functions, and then provides a thorough explanation of OpenVMS files and directories, use of DCL, and how to edit files using EVE and EDT. It also discusses how to create command procedures and the Mail and Phone utilities. New to this edition are additional insights into application development and sending e-mail to remote notes via the Internet, remote logins and file transfers. Each chapter is liberally sprinkled with learning aids including summaries and tables of commands, exercises, and review quizzes.

Completely covers the OpenVMS operating system - from logging in to creating command procedures, with thorough discussions of files and directories
Covers both EVE and EDT editors in detail
Shows how to customize your working environment

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The book begins with an introduction to the OpenVMS operating system and its built-in functions, and then provides a thorough explanation of OpenVMS files and directories, use of DCL, and how to edit files using EVE and EDT. It also discusses how to create command procedures and the Mail and Phone utilities. New to this edition are additional insights into application development and sending e-mail to remote notes via the Internet, remote logins and file transfers. Each chapter is liberally sprinkled with learning aids including summaries and tables of commands, exercises, and review quizzes.

About the Author

Patrick Holmay is a Manager for Analysts International Corporation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press; 2 edition (September 3, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555582036
• ISBN-13: 978-1555582036
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really saved my bacon, December 31, 2002

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This review is from: The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

I bought this book when I was assigned to an OpenVMS project at work. I was a UNIX developer/admin with absolutely no VMS experience at all, and needed to get up to speed fast. This book really came through and saved my bacon.

The book covers all the basics you need to get up and running with VMS. Logging in, navigating the filesystem, editing files and writing DCL scripts. I already knew ANSI C programming, which this book doesn't cover, and used the VMS help system and Google searches to discover what I needed to know about the programming libraries. The book didn't cover those deeper programming topics, but it gave me all the tools I needed to find my way around the system, edit my programs, compile and run them. It really was a lifesaver.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Beginner's Guide To OpenVMS, February 25, 2002

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This review is from: The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

This is an excellent beginner's guide to OpenVMS. It assumes virtually no computer experience at all, and goes through logging in and control keys at the beginning. But it also has chapters on file management, the file system, editing documents with EDT and EVE, the PHONE and MAIL utilities, symbols, Digital Command Language, security and program development. No prior exeprience at programming is assumed. There is a command index of the most commonly used DCL commands in the appendices. the book takes a hands-on approach and you will need access to a VMS box to actually get much out of the book. Hobbyist kits are now available for a reasonable price from Compaq, so that might be a good place to start if you don't have access via the Internet. A great user's guide. No CS theory is in the book, just basic use.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Intro To VMS, February 21, 2002

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This review is from: The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

This is an excellent beginner's guide to OpenVMS. It assumes virtually no computer experience at all, and goes through logging in and control keys at the beginning. But it also has chapters on file management, the file system, editing documents with EDT and EVE, the PHONE and MAIL utilities, symbols, Digital Command Language, security and program development. No prior exeprience at programming is assumed. There is a command index of the most commonly used DCL commands in the appendices. the book takes a hands-on approach and you will need access to a VMS box to actually get much out of the book. Hobbyist kits are now available for a reasonable price from Compaq, so that might be a good place to start if you don't have access via the Internet. A great user's guide. No CS theory is in the book, just basic use.