Correct.  After I sent the message I realized that GENSMG was figment of my
failing memory, but this isn't Skype.  There is GENCAT.pub.sys (which is
what I was thinking about but miss-remembered,) and MAKECAT.pub.sys, which
is the older version of a catalog making program, IIRC.

Denys

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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Mpe: Restore file missing

On 10/29/13 7:09 AM, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
> ..., unless one can create a small
> text file and pass it through GENMSG to create a catalog, but I don't 
> think that program is on FOS.  Easy to check though, do a LISTF 
> [log in to unmask],2 and see what pops up.
>
> My friend Gilles is correct in that the catalog should be on the 
> system after the INSTALL.


1) STORECAT.PUB.SYS is, or should be, on any SLT. That includes a factory
SLT from HP, and a custom SLT (CSLT) created on a given system by SYSGEN's
"TAPE" command. (Unless, of course, it was somehow purged before the making
of the CSLT. But that would be difficult as STORECAT is always held open by
the system (PROGEN), even if there's no STORE/RESTORE running.)

2) There is no "GENMSG" that I'm aware of. There is a GENMESSAGE intrinsic
(system library routine), but that must be called from within a program, and
is not directly available at the command line.

3) There is a GENCAT.PUB.SYS compatibility mode program that is included on
a factory issued FOS tape.


Barry Lake
Allegro Consultants, Inc.

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