[Info-vax] Webinar "AUTOGEN and SYSGEN"

[Paul Sture]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:13:09 -0400, JF Mezei wrote:

> Bart Zorn wrote:
> 
>> The question remains: why did the presenter not verify his slide before
>> the webinar?
> 
> At the time SYSBOOT runs, I am not sure there is already an "ACTIVE"
> version of the parameters since the VMS instance has not really been
> created yet.
> 
> Consider this HELP snipped from SYSBOOT> HELP:
> 
>     USE            - Set parameter file name
>          USE file_spec.PAR
>            Reserved filespecs are:
>              DEFAULT     Use permanent defaults
>              CURRENT     Use current values
> 
> 
> You can't use "ACTIVE". My guess is that when you enter the CONTINUE
> command, the "ACTIVE"  data structure is created from the parameters
> that SYSBOOT has read in (and possibly you modified wit a SET command).
> After that, the VMS instance can be created.

I've always considered "ACTIVE" to be the in-memory copy of the 
parameters, and that is why there is no "USE ACTIVE".

-- 
Paul Sture