Group W Toolset Release 4.5

Changes Since Previous Release

This document describes changes released in Group W Toolset 4.5, released on 2002-12-09. The previous version was 4.4a, released on 2001-09-01.

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Summary of Changes

Deprecated Programs

These programs are no longer supported and may be dropped entirely from future releases. You can continue to use them as long as you wish, but no enhancements or bugs fixes will be made.

MASM-based @SYSID 2R5C is included and, in fact, fixes one bug (see below). The generic processor @SYS replaces it, but note that this lacks support for the R option.

MASM-based @PCT 4R2 is included but all of its element names include 'DEPRECATED' in the version name. The generic processor @PCT replaces it, but note that this lacks support for several old options (D, L, N, P, X); @PCTPL supports piping PCT data.

Correct Known Bugs

Minor changes and bug corrections:

MFDDEF is changed to update Exec level to indicate that it is OK for Exec 46R6 and to improve some comments.

@MFDPL 2R4 has numerous bug fixes and minor enhancements (and more work needs to be done on f-cycle handling):
- Remove FEEDPL proc, $INCLUDE PIPE$PROCS. (2R3)
- Set proper @FREE options (AR) to not to lose other @USE names. (2R3)
- Include the file's directory-id on the LEADITEM SGS, field 2. This will cause a compatibility issue for skeletons which reference the LEADITEM fields positionally. (2R3)
- Fix bug whereby PL$$MFDPL is initialized when 'H' option used before processor is CLISTed. ('H' option is supposed to show help and do nothing else.) (2R3)
- Fix bug whereby garbage was piped for the second backup reel-id when this word contained the start of multi-backup info. Now this program will pipe second reel-id iff the field in Main Item sector is an actual reel-id. This processor was not designed to look at Main Item extensions, so no attempt is made to pipe additional backup reels. (2R3)
- For catalogued tape files, pipe reel count and the first two reel-ids. (2R3)
- Fix bugs whereby it goes into endless loop with C option when f-cycle wraps around. (2R3A)
- Fix bug in SNAPIT when A0 is used as X register. (2R3A)
- New CSFIT proc: Pull all CSF$ stuff through it for easier debugging. (2R3A)
- Add extra snaps and diag info in FITEM. (2R3A)
- Fix bug whereby RELATION SGSs for DADENTRY were omitted when L and D options were set but M option was clear. (2R4)
- Change previous N option to F option. This introduces an incompatibility with previous releases but is done so the N and O options can become GWTS standard for specifying creation of RELATION SGSs. The F option is rarely used. (2R4)
- Add N option to suppress piping of RELATION SGSs. (2R4)
- Add O option to pipe only RELATION SGSs. (2R4)

SDFPRINTUTIL 2.0a corrects cosmetic bug whereby this program referred to itself as 'PRNTCONV'.

@SYSID 2R5C increases internal DTTBUFFL for Exec 46R2A or higher. Please note that this processor is deprecated.

New Features

This section lists feature changes and additions that are in this release:

FAS-FIX/8R1 is local code for FAS 8R1 LIST (from MFD) command.

@MCTPL 1R4A has new features:

Date/time of last tape boot on BOOT SGS. (1R4)
Date/time of Exec MAP on MCT SGS. (1R4)
N option to suppress piping RELATION SGSs. (1R4)
O option to only write RELATION SGSs. (1R4)
Check that both N and O options are not set. (1R4A)
Show error and info messages in mixed case ASCII. (1R4A)

@PCT 5R1 is new generic processor which replaces deprecated MASM-based @PCT 4R2. It consists of generic absolute PCT and symbolics PCT/ADD and PCT/SKEL.

@PRTF 2R2 enhances display for catalogued tapes: Show number of reels and up to first two reel-ids iff this info is available from @MFDPL (i.e., @MFDPL 2R3 or better). Changed symbolic elements are PRTF/ADD and PRTF/SKEL.

@QC 1R3 adds the C option. When present the C (continue on error) option will be added to generated @COPY commands. Changed symbolic elements are QC/ADD and QC/SKEL.

@SELECT 3R1E has two new features:
- If 'Z' option is set, execute @FASPLX (rather than @FASPL). This supports testing new versions of @FASPL and so is not useful for most users. (3R1D)
- Add new Boolean attributes CURRENT_BACKUP and SYMQ to help text. (3R1E).
Changed symbolic element is SELECT/SKEL.

@SYS 1R3A displays new timestamps (most recent tape boot, Exec MAP) and boot tape drive (if available), as piped by @MCTPL 1R4. Changed symbolic element is SYS/SKEL.

@UDMDEL 2R1 has several enhancements:
- Acquire CMS number dynamically.
- PID number now defaults to 6 digits (was 5).
- Display status codes in octal (was decimal).
- Display AG number, CMS number and PID on info message.