Document revision date: 15 July 2002
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S
Save sets
Scalability, RMS global buffer management
/SCRIPT qualifier
Scripts
    list of
    Optimize
    Touch-up
Search key option example program
Search key options
Search key types
Search lists
    definition
    example #1
    example #2
    multiple file locations #1
    multiple file locations #2
    translations #1
    translations #2
Search service
Secondary completion status value field
Secondary services, effect on next-record position
Sectors
Seek time
Segmented keys
Sequential access #1
Sequential access #2
Sequential access #3
    to indexed files #1
    to indexed files #2
    to relative files #1
    to relative files #2
    use with sequential files #1
    use with sequential files #2
    with multibuffer count
Sequential cell search in relative files
Sequential files
    advantages of using
    allocating
    buffering
    designing
    disadvantages of using
    examining #1
    examining #2
    optimizing performance
    read-ahead and write-behind
    record access #1
    record access #2
    record access #3
    tuning
/SEQUENTIAL qualifier
SET DEFAULT command #1
SET DEFAULT command #2
    /TRANSLATION_ATTRIBUTES qualifier
SET FILE command
    /ACL qualifier
    /GLOBAL_BUFFERS qualifier #1
    /GLOBAL_BUFFERS qualifier #2
SET FILE/EXTENSION=n command
SET FILE/SEMANTICS command, example of tagging file
SET FILE/STATISTICS command
SET PROTECTION command
SET RMS_DEFAULT command
    /BUFFER_COUNT qualifier #1
    /BUFFER_COUNT qualifier #2
    /BUFFER_COUNT qualifier #3
    /BUFFER_COUNT qualifier #4
    /BUFFER_COUNT qualifier #5
    /BUFFER_COUNT qualifier #6
    /EXTEND_QUANTITY qualifier
    /INDEXED qualifier
    /RELATIVE/BUFFER_COUNT qualifier
    /RELATIVE qualifier
    /SEQUENTIAL qualifier
Shared access
Shared sequential file operations, establishing global buffer size #1
Shared sequential file operations, establishing global buffer size #2
SHOW RMS_DEFAULT command #1
SHOW RMS_DEFAULT command #2
    current default extension size
    current process-default buffer count
SIDR (secondary index data record) #1
SIDR (secondary index data record) #2
SIDR (secondary index data record) #3
Signaling errors, example in a VAX MACRO program
Simple characters
Single file on a single tape volume
Single file on multiple tape volumes
SIZE attribute
Software errors
Sort order, effect on record retrieval
Spanning block boundaries, stream records
Spool-on-close option
SPRs (Software Performance Reports)
/STATISTICS qualifier
Statistics reports #1
Statistics reports #2
Sticky defaults for file specifications
Storage bitmap file
Stored semantics file attribute
Storing records sequentially in a relative file
STR$GET1_DX routine
Stream record format
    set of terminating characters
Stream record type
STREAM_CR format
STREAM_LF format
Structural level of a disk device
    determining
Subdirectory depths, maximum
SUPERSEDE attribute
Supersede option #1
Supersede option #2
Surface_Plot graph #1
Surface_Plot graph #2
Synchronous operations
SYS$CVT_FILENAME system service
SYS$DISK logical name, applied to file specification
SYS$OUTPUT logical name, for check report
SYS$SETDDIR system service
System default extension quantity #1
System default extension quantity #2
System-dependent field
System management
    image activation
System parameters, limiting global buffers
System resources
T
Tape files
Tape marks
    BOT
    EOT
Tape processing, run-time options
TEMPORARY, delete option
TEMPORARY option
Terminator characters, used to delimit stream records
Tilde (~)
    first file name character
TIMEOUT_PERIOD attribute
TOP command
Track #1
Track #2
Trailer labels #1
Trailer labels #2
/TRANSLATION_ATTRIBUTES qualifier #1
/TRANSLATION_ATTRIBUTES qualifier #2
Tree structures
    of indexed files
    of relative files
    of sequential files
TRUNCATE attribute
Truncate-on-put option, access requirement
Truncate service #1
Truncate service #2
    effect on next-record position
Truncating a file, access limitation
Truncation errors
Tuning #1
Tuning #2
    indexed files
    relative files
    sequential files #1
    sequential files #2
U
UIC-based protection
UICs (user identification codes)
UNDEFINED format
UP command
UPDATE attribute #1
UPDATE attribute #2
Update-if option
Update operation
Update service #1
Update service #2
    high-level language equivalents
    run-time options
UPDATE_IF attribute
Uppercase letters
User buffers
    address
    size
USER_FILE_OPEN attribute
USER_INTERLOCK attribute #1
USER_INTERLOCK attribute #2
V
Variable-length records
    with D format
    with V (LSB) format
    with V (MSB) format
Version numbers
VFC records, format #1
VFC records, format #2
VFC records, format #3
Virtual-block-position option
VIRTUAL option
VOLSET.SYS file
VOLUME attribute
Volume default extension quantity #1
Volume default extension quantity #2
Volume identifier field
Volume labels
    EOF (end-of-file) label
    EOV (end-of-volume) label
    VOL label
    VOL1 label
        accessibility field
        volume identifier field
Volume-number option
Volume sets
    for improving performance
    list file
    loosely coupled
    to minimize disk head competition
Volumes
    ANSI magnetic tape
    file configurations #1
    file configurations #2
    file configurations #3
    file configurations #4
    label
    mounting
        without HDR2 labels
    multidisk
    owner field
    positioning


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