1/19/83 examples of forum transaction specifiers 14 Transaction 14 u The unprocessed transaction. +5 Transaction current+5 /budget/ All transactions containing the string "budget" p:l -from JBSmith Transactions in the range previous thru last entered by participant JBSmith fref First transaction in the chain of transactions which make reference to each other and include the current transaction new All transactions never printed or written 1:c-5 -sj /pl1/ -from Baker Transactions in the range 1 thru five before the current which contain the string "pl1" in the subject and were entered by participant Baker aref /solutions/ SDLee Transactions in the current reference chain which contain the string "solutions". aref -before 11/1/82 All transactions in the current reference entered before 11/1/82. unseen -after_time "12/1/82 2PM" all transactions entered after 2:00 PM on 12/1/82 which have not been printed or written. -between 12/1/82 12/31/82 all transactions entered in December, 1982 Examples of transaction specifiers as requests: next returns the number of the next transaction. previous 10 returns the number of the transaction before transaction 10. fref 40 returns the number of the first transaction in the same reference chain as transaction 40. aref [first] returns the numbers of all transactions that are in the same reference chain as the first transaction. next_seen [fu] returns the number of the first transaction that has been seen that was entered after the first transaction that has not been seen. For details on transaction specifiers, type the forum request 'help trans_specs'. ----------------------------------------------------------- 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