7/3/83  forum request:  switch_on, swn

Syntax:  swn switch_name {-control_args}


Function:  Turns on various switches related to using forum.


Arguments:
switch_name
   is the name of the switch to set. See "List of switches" below.


Control arguments:
-brief, -bf
   Suppresses the "Specified switch was not changed." error message.
-meeting meeting_name, -mtg meeting_name
   specifies that the switch is to be set for the meeting identified by
   meeting_name. May not be used with the "seen" switch.
-user person_id
   specifies that the switch for user person_id is to be set. Only
   the chairman may set another user's flag.


List of switches:
adjourned, adj
   Prevents users from entering the meeting. Only the chairman may set
   this switch.
meeting_eligibility_messages, mtg_emsg
   Turns on printing of eligibilty messages for this meeting. This
   switch may only be set by the chairman.
notify, nt
   Turns on the notify switch for the meeting. This means that an
   interactive message will be sent each time a transaction is entered
   if the user is logged in and has issued the forum_accept_notifications
   command.
participating, part
   Turns on the participation switch for the meeting.


safety
   Turns on the storage system safety switch for this meeting. This switch
   will cause the delete command to query the user before the meeting is
   deleted.
seen TRANS_SPECS
   Marks the specified transactions as having been seen. Type 
   "help trans_specs" for information on transaction specifiers and
   for an explanation of the seen switch.


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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. .

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