ICL 1900 Series George 3 Operating System Macros

GEORES

Function

Runs a GIN restore under GEORGE.

Format

GEORES parameter list

Apart from a restiction noted below, the parameters can appear in any order.

• RESTORE PACK PARAMETERS
  
  *CR file description
  or
  *CR
  Any number of *CR parameters may be specified; a null file description implies the job source
  
  
• MAGNETIC TAPE DESCRIPTION
  
  *MT magnetic tape description
  
  This parameter is effectively mandatory, as if it is absent GIN compiles from scratch
  
  
• DISC FILE DESCRIPTIONS
  
  *DA0 exofile description
  This parameter specifies the program file and is mandatory
  
  *DA1 exofile description
  This parameter specifies the workfile and is optional
  
  
• LISTING OPTION
  
  *LP file description
  or
  *LP
  A null file description implies a work file. If this parameter is absent, listing is to the job's monitoring file
  
  
• ERROR PARAMETER
  
  ER label
  This parameter is optional. If present, and an error occurs within the macro or GIN, the macro will exit to the specified label

Forbidden contexts

NO USER

Execution

The dump of GIN is restored from the tape given in the magnetic tape description parameter, an exofile is opened as the program file (*DA0) and a scratch exofile is opened as the workfile (*DA1). A check is made to ensure that each of the files specified using the *CR parameter exists. The restore pack control cards are then read by GIN from the files specified in the restore pack parameters and the restore proceeds as usual. Any listing is routed to the file specified in the output listing option parameters, or to a listed workfile if no file description is given, or to the monitoring file if the parameter is omitted. If a named output file becomes full the macro directs the remaining listing to a series of listed workfiles.

It should be noted that if the null option is used in the restore pack parameters, it should be used only for the last such parameter and then refer to the job source itself. Further, the restore pack files are read in the order they are specified in the macro.

Examples

GEORES *CRPACK1,*CRPACK2,*CR,*MTBASE,*DA0PROGFILE,*LP,ER9LABEL

Messages

MENDIT OR #GEO FAILURE
RESTORE FINISHED OK
RESTORE ABANDONED AFTER AUTOMATIC GIN PM
PARAMETER ERROR: file description DOESN'T EXIST
PARAMETER ERROR: *DA0 IS MANDATORY
PARAMETER ERROR: parameter
ONLINE GIN SOURCE EXHAUSTED
RESTORE FAILED: message
TAKING GIN POSTMORTEM