Museum

Home

Lab Overview

Retrotechnology Articles

⇒ Online Manual

Media Vault

Software Library

Restoration Projects

Artifacts Sought

Related Articles

Parameters

Examples

HELP INSTALL — VMS 5.0

  Invokes the  VMS  Install  Utility  (INSTALL),  which  enhances  the
  performance of selected executable and shareable  images  by  making
  them known to the system and assigning them appropriate attributes.

  Format:


    INSTALL  [subcommand] [filespec]

Additional information available:

ParametersExamples

Parameters

 subcommand

  Specifies an INSTALL subcommand (an optional parameter).   If you do
  not specify a subcommand in this parameter, the INSTALL>  prompt  is
  returned by default.

 filespec

  Specifies a file  specification  for  an  INSTALL  subcommand.  This
  parameter is used only when an INSTALL subcommand is supplied on the
  command line.

Examples

  1.   $ INSTALL
       INSTALL>

  The command in this example invokes the INSTALL utility and  returns
  the  prompt  INSTALL>.    You   can   then  enter  specific  INSTALL
  subcommands.

  2.   $ INSTALL ADD/OPEN/SHARED WRKD$:[MAIN]STATSHR

  The command in this example invokes the Install Utility  and  issues
  the subcommand ADD on the same command line.

Typewritten Software • bear@typewritten.org • Edmonds, WA 98026