Free software BY Northern Telecom Inc. This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed. The information in this software is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by NORTHERN TELECOM INC. NORTHERN TELECOM assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of this software on any equipment whatsoever. Northern Telecom Inc. Network Support Systems Division 54 Regional Drive Concord, New Hampshire 03301 (603) 224-6511 X2529 Program: CAT Author: Robin Miller Date: Fall 1985 Description: This is a catchall utility I've used successfully for many years. It allows some capabilities not available in other catchalls and has been received very well on the systems I've used it on. This version is much the same as the Digital version except for the following: o It's a privileged task which allows non-privileged users to execute certain privileged commands. o Many of the commands such as DELETE, DIRECTORY, TYPE, etc., are spawned to DCL for a friendlier interface (allows prompting and switches such as /TODAY). o Allows multiple command lines to be spawned. o Allows commands to be added much easier than the Digital version. See module CATTBL for more details. o Does not require the definition of the logical names ZZ1: and ZZ2: to use the flying run/install of tasks or global command files in the library account. o Allows both flying run/installs or command file execution. The Digital version allows one or the other but not both. o On RSX-11M, commands can be shortened to a single character. On RSX-11M+, modification of the MCR dispatcher is neccessary to pass single character commands to catchall. o A short command summary is displayed by the "CAT" command along with the current version and last modification date. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CAT for Fall 1985 DECUS. This version of catchall has had several commands added which are used to program the Hayes autodial modem connected to another port on the system. The commands are generic and can be used to program any type of autodial modem from an indirect command file. The commands used are: CHECK This command checks for the terminal being busy or logged on by another user. The exit status will be: success = 1 = the terminal is available. warning = 0 = no device or not a terminal. error = 2 = the terminal is logged on. severe = 4 = the terminal is busy. SEND This command is used send the specified string via a write-breakthru to the specified terminal. Format: SEND TTnn: Text_to_send [+] A logical name can also be used in place of TTnn: If the plus sign (+) is specified then overprint carriage control is used, otherwise single spacing is used. WAIT Waits for a string from a terminal. Format: WAIT[/D:n] TTnn: match_string [+] The /D:n is the number of seconds to delay before issuing the read. If not specified, we wait 1 second. The number of characters in the typehead buffer is then read and if non-zero, the read is issued. If a match string is specified, then the buffer read is searched for that substring. The plus sign (+) causes the characters read to be displayed at the terminal. The exit status is: success = 1 = read and match of substring. warning = 0 = no characters in typehead to read. error = 2 = read with no match of substring. fatal = 4 = directive or syntax error. An example of using the above commands can be found in CALLBACK.CMD. This command file is used to give a user a callback on a Hayes modem pointed to by the logical name RM0:. Also a Runoff file CALLBACK.RNO explains how this procedure is supposed to work.