BATCH - editing Q* files in batch.

Description:

LODL provides a means of editing program files, H*, Q*, and ** files. This is a batch version of the time sharing LODL command. The program is contained in the file CMDLIB/ETC/QSTAR. Since this is a batch B program, the command line is placed in filecode CZ. See "expl lodl" for details of the command line format.

The JCL for a typical LODL activity is shown below.

$   program lodl
$   limits  ,25K
$   prmfl   **,r/c,r,cmdlib/etc/qstar
$   data    cz
lodl update=qstar <options>*

LODL is not the LODLIB service routine described in the Services Routines manual (DH49). It can do all the functions of the LODLIB program except writing an insert/edit tape from a qstar file. This can be done with the TSYST utility instead. The command syntax is different from the LODLIB program. LODL has a rename facility that LODLIB lacks. LODL does not share the same name restrictions as LODLIB, so it can refer to the main link of a Fortran linked hstar (//////). LODL is generally much faster than LODLIB.

Examples:

$   ident   userid,lodl
$   program lodl
$   limits  ,25K
$   prmfl   **,r/c,r,cmdlib/etc/qstar
$   data    cz
lodl update=userid/hstar rename=//////>prog2 +list
$   endjob

See Also:

explain lodl
for a full explanation of the options on the command line.
explain tsyst
for an explanation of how to produce an insert/edit tape from a qstar file.

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