At 06:47 AM 15/3/95 -0500, Tony Furnivall wrote:
My ratings 1 - 5, where 1 is most important and 5 least:
'? indicates more information needed.
>SIG ID Description
>95C01 Allow system-wide user defined variables on MPE/XL systems to
enhance the CI-progamming
5
>95C02 Provide CI access to file system
?
>95C03 Provide mapped file access support from ALL HP languges via intrinsics
especially COBOL
4
>95C04 Need Intrinsic To Expand File Size Without Recreating/Copying File
3
>95C05 Provide labels for CI processing
4
>95C06 Provide more FINFO options in CI (format,type,extents, maxextents)
3
>95C07 Provide process local CI variables
3
>95C08 Provide a HPINPROGRAM variable
2
>95C09 CI-level Pipes
1
>95C10 Provide a "FOREACH FILE" feature added to the CI to facilitate
file-set processing (wild cards)
3
>95C11 FFILEINFO should return CREATE and ACCESS TIME in addition to DATES
2
>95C12 Add restricted CI for anonymous FTP
3
>95D01 Complete set of date utilities/intrinsics
3
>95F01 >4GB file limits
4
>95F02 Unpurge Command
2
>95F03 MPE XL should have wildcard copy and purge.
2
>95F04 Complete migration of all file types to NM
?
>95F05 KSAM utility to address NMKSAM files
3
>95G01 Improve on-line help; add a help engine
2
>95G02 Provide a window manager for Motif on the 3000
3
>95J01 Independent multiple STREAM queues
1
>95J02 Allow :STREAM without passwords as part of FOS CI and programmatic
2
>95M01 TELL/TELLOP include date/time
3
>95M04 Allow in-line data in UDCs and command files.
3
>95M05 UDC Files, Command files should only require X Access
1
>95M06 Provide a LISTF,ACCESS
1
>95M07 Provide information on who is accessing system via network
2
>95M08 Enhance the MPE :ALLOW command to apply to users logged on or not.
> (Less inclusive than ALLOW @.@)
2
>95M09 Need RECALL cmnd for persistent console messages
4
>95M10 Add new parm to :SPOOLF to adjust copies remaining
3
>95M11 LISTF does not show restore date
3
>95M12 Would like to be able to use wild cards for file equations:
?
>95M13 Provide a TELLOPREPLY command that will pause a job until a REPLY is
> posted to the request
2
>95M14 Enhance HEADON, HEADOFF to allow either headers or trailers (rather
> than both) to be turned on/off
2
>95M15 Add option LOGOFF UDC analogous to option LOGON
5
>95M16 Need a DISALLOW command to disable MPE commands.
3
>95M18 STORE/RESTORE using a remote tape drive.
4
>95M19 NEWUSER & NEWACCT should be issued once when used against Private >
Volumes
3
>95M20 Enhance RESTORE to put user caps in constructed directory entries
3
>95M21 Add new job type called SECUREJOB which prevents aborts of jobs and
> doesn't count against limits.
5
>95M22 Show amount of DAT tape remaining
4
>95M23 Provide a ;SHELL= parameter for Newuser, Altuser
3
>95M24 Allow :CONSOLE over a LAN
3
>95M25 Provide a SuperAbortJob
2
>95P01 Background/Foreground CI processing
1!
>95P03 Ability To kill a PIN and not whole session/job
1
>95P04 Need ability to break IMAGE deadly embrace
2
In summary:
1 - Items that would positively affect the way would run our systems.
95C09, 95J01, 95M05, 95M06, 95P01, 95P03
2 - Items that would likely be beneficial to us
95C08, 95C11, 95F02, 95F03, 95G01, 95J02, 95M07, 95M08, 95M13, 95M14,
95M25, 95P04
3 - Items we believe might benefit others but not necessarily ourselves.
95C04, 95C06, 95C10, 95C12, 95D01, 95F05, 95G02, 95M01, 95M04, 95M10,
95M16, 95M19, 95M20, 95M23, 95M24
4 - Items that may help others, but we don't consider important
95C03, 95C05, 95F01, 95M09, 95M18, 95M22
5 - Items that we think are of little or no benefit to us or HP
95C01, 95M15, 95M21
? - Items we are unclear about their implementation or purpose.
95C02, 95F04, 95M12
Thanks for asking. Please feel free to follow-up directly if you wish.
Regards.
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