07/25/86  initiate, in

Syntax as a command:  in path {ref_names} {-control_args}


Function: initiates segments or multisegment files.


Arguments:
path
   is the pathname of a segment or MSF or, a link to a segment or MSF.
   The star convention is NOT allowed.
ref_names
   are optional reference names by which to initiate the file.
   If no ref_names are specified, the file is initiated by the
   entryname portion of path.


Control arguments:
-all, -a
   initiates the file by all its names.
-brief, -bf
   does not print a message giving the segment number. (Default)
-chase
   used with -all on a link pathname, initiates the target file by all
   the names on the target segment. (Default)
-force, -fc
   terminates each reference name first if it is already known.


-long, -lg
   prints a message giving the segment number assigned.
-no_chase
   used with -all on a link pathname, initiates the target file by all
   the names on the link.
-no_force, -nfc
   prints an error message if a ref_name is already known. (Default)


Access required: nonnull.


Notes: Initiating a multisegment file involves initiating component 0 of
the MSF with the reference names specified.


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