ICL 1900 Series George 3 Operating System Commands

DOCUMENT (DM)

Function

Introduces an external document on a basic peripheral.

Format

DOCUMENT document name

The document name may be given in either the full or the short form, but if the command which subsequently calls for the document uses the full form, the document name must be given in full.

Forbidden contexts

NOT READER, REMOTE

Execution

The document heading is stored in a file. When a command is given to read the document (ONLINE), GEORGE finds the heading and allocates the peripheral on which the document has been loaded. If the document has not been loaded, the operator is informed by a message on the operator's console. The format of the message is

    PLEASE LOAD DOCUMENT document name

The message is output at regular intervals until the document is loaded.

Examples

DOCUMENT INPUTDATA
DOCUMENT :FRED.CARDDATA

Error Messages

DOCUMENT NAME FORMAT ERROR
DOCUMENT NAME PARAMETER MISSING