Frequently Asked Questions
Version 2.2
June 2000
Contents
- How does the OPUS release 2.2 differ from the last one?
- What is a PR?
- 37182: assigning environment variables through resource
file entries
- 37316_01: OMG should be smarter with respect to
dataset names
- 37353_01: OMG needs a Printer Setup dialog
- 37354: OMG/PMG OSF/PSTAT highlighting should stick
around
- 37921: OPUS should support process startup across user
accounts as well as nodes
- 38080: X resources search path should be configured
less fascistly
- 38082: osfile_test_driver fails under UNIX
- 38324_02: External processes should specify which
resource file values to place in environment
- 38326_01: PMG should not use PRSC_init to
read process resource files
- 38342: Include more information in the testbed.ver
file
- 38352: OPUS processes that fork a child process
then exec should handle exec failures
- 38414_02: OAPI: A version of XPOLL that uses
the OAPI is needed
- 38535_02: osf_update needs another EXIT status
(besides SUCCESS,ERROR)
- 38666_01: OPIX: XPOLL should resolve environment
variables passed in COMMAND resource
- 38671: obsfil* routines leak memory
- 38780: Interactive version of YECMSC overrides
the NULL path
- 38838: Sample pipeline headers have incorrect
date format
- 38844: It would be cool to have a tool to update
a keyword value in a FITS file
- 38996: PMG creates day of the dead under Tru64
Unix
- 39224_02: New test tools
- 39673: OPIX: Aliases should be resolved before
TASK resource line invoked
- 39724_05: PMG & OMG should be ported to
use the OAPI
- 39763_01: OPIX: environment variables should
be evaluated on the TASK line
- 39935: Problem in KW_PKG causes g2f sample pipeline
crash
- 40088_02: OAPI OPUSBB_POLL interface does
not report missing directory.
- 40129_03: process resource file changes
- 40194: OAPI should be able to fetch path file
keyword values from process environment
- 40358_01: OMG should be able to handle OSF's
with dataset names > 23 characters
- 40673: Default PMG node LOCALHOST should resolve
to the host running the PMG
- 40674: OPUS should allow the user to request
that no log files be produced.
- 40675: Execution of the script opus_login.com/csh
should not produce any output
- 40913_01: Trailer files need separate message-level
parameter from log files
- 40934: Directory polling should be reduced in
the OAPI as it overloads some VMS systems
- 40936: XPOLL sets MSG_REPORT_LEVEL default to
MSG_ALL
- 40943: odcl_cleanup is renaming files to home
directory
- 41131_02: Performance enhancements required
for File_osf_bb and File_pstat_bb replace
- How does the OPUS release 1.4 differ from
the older one?
- What is a PR?
- 35509: OPUS path files should use = as keyword/value separator
- 36969: OPUS blackboard lockfile implementation
- 34944:
OMG changes: glob option for sorted file searches, etc.
- 35377: OMG enhancements
- 36841: The OMG needs a MANAGE/NOMANAGE switch.
- 37162: OPUS FAQ update needed - duplicate paths not allowed in OPUS_DEFINITIONS_DIR
- 37169: Generic tools for OTFC pipeline use
- 36491: XPOLL file poller should allow for destruction of trigger file.
- 36492: XPOLL: Offer the option of single command execution.
- 36493: pmg_restrictions.dat should work as advertised.
- 36544: Enhance "glob" error reporting in OSFILE pkg
- 36600: Modify the PMG's Select Paths dialog box.