10/20/86 create_list, cls Syntax as a command: cls path {-control_arg} Function: creates a nonprintable lister file (upon which document processing is performed) from a listin file (the ASCII file used to input and update a list). See also the description of the make_list command, which creates an empty lister file from information supplied on the command line. Arguments: path is the pathname of the listin file. The suffix listin must be the last component of the listin segment name; however, if path does not have a suffix of listin, one is assumed. A lister file is created in the working directory with the same entryname as path, and with the entryname suffix of listin changed to lister. Any existing copy of this lister file is overwritten. Control arguments: -output_file PATH, -of PATH causes the lister file to be placed in PATH. Lister must be the last component of the segment identified by PATH; however, if PATH does not have a suffix of lister, one is assumed. If this control argument is not specified, the lister file is placed in the working directory, and has the same entryname as the listin file, except that the listin suffix is changed to lister. -totals, -tt prints number of records in path. Notes: The creation of a lister file is the only List Processing operation which uses listin files as input. All other operations use lister files as input (which are unprintable files containing ASCII and binary information). A listin file provides an ASCII representation of a list. It is used to input and update a list. The listin files can be created and updated by using any text editor. The create_list command sets the "lister" severity indicator. A severity of 2 is set when the lister file is not created or the invocation of create_list terminates abnormally. A severity of 0 is set when the lister file is successfully created. ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems incorporated Multics principles. Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. . ----------------------------------------------------------- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,provided that the below copyright notice and historical background appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and historical background and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of MIT, HIS, BULL or BULL HN not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the programs without specific prior written permission. Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. Copyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc. Copyright 2006 by Bull SAS All Rights Reserved