1 10/07/88 rename, rn
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3 Syntax as a command:
4 rn arguments -control_args
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7 Function:
8 The rename request lets you rename a file on a remote host.
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11 Arguments:
12 file
13 file indicates the name of the file to be renamed and must
14 be specified in a form acceptable to the host on which the
15 file resides. It must be preceded by -name or -nm if the
16 file name begins with a "-". It must be followed by "-at
17 CORRESPONDENT" where CORRESPONDENT must be the name given
18 in the NIT Network Information Table to the remote UFT
19 application. It must be enclosed in quotes if it contains
20 spaces or special characters.
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23 Control arguments:
24 -at CORRESPONDENT
25 CORRESPONDENT must be the name given in the NIT Network
26 Information Table to the remote UFT application. The NIT
27 associates to the UFT correspondent name its DSA network
28 address session_id and mailbox.
29 -billing STR
30 specifies the accounting identification used by the remote
31 host not Multics; there is no default.
32 -catalogue <file_name>, -cat <file_name>
33 for a non-Multics system, <file_name> specifies a catalogue
34 file. The -catalogue control argument is required only when
35 the catalogue file for the file description is not
36 implicitly known. <file_name> must be specified in a syntax
37 acceptable to the host on which the file will resides; it
38 must be enclosed in quotes if it contain spaces or special
39 characters.
40 -new_name STR, -nwnm STR
41 STR must be the file_name of the file being renamed and must
42 be specified in a form acceptable to the host on which the
43 file resides. It must be enclosed in quotes if it contains
44 spaces or special characters. If the remote system is a
45 Multics, the file name is an entryname.
46 -no_password, -npw
47 if the -no_password control argument is present the user
48 will not be prompted for a password with a mask. The
49 password will not be used by the remote host to authenticate
50 the submitter.
51 -password, -pw
52 if the -password control argument is present the user will
53 be prompted for a password with a mask. The password may be
54 used by the remote host to authenticate the submitter. For
55 a remote Multics system, the -password control argument is
56 mandatory. Default
57 -person STR, -user STR
58 STR specifies the remote user identification used by the
59 remote host on whose behalf the delete is to be executed.
60 This may be used by the remote host for authentication of
61 the job submitter. The default is the Multics user_id of
62 the user who submitted the request.
63 -project STR, -pj STR
64 STR specifies the project identification used by the remote
65 host on whose behalf the delete is to be executed.
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68 Examples:
69 In the following example, the rename request is used to
70 rename the file cr_1 to rn_1.
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72 rn uft_dest>cr_1 -at dsa.MUL1.FILETRAN -nwnm rn_1