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Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

5086.0. "Translation problem for long symbols in init file" by MICROW::SEVIGNY (Island In The Sky) Tue May 18 1993 18:15

    
    We just installed the V1.3.0 and suddenly our test scripts aren't
    working correctly.  There seem to be two problems related to setting up
    symbols in an MCC init file.
    
    It appears to be related to the length of the symbol.  If the symbol is
    very long, when that symbol is referenced in the MCC command, it is
    truncated.  I looked in the release notes, and didn't see a reference
    to any restriction on the length.
    
    Also, if the symbol has quotes in it, and the terminating quotes don't
    end soon enough (I'm guessing 80 characters, but I'll verify), when the
    init file is read in, a syntax error occurs. 
    
    This worked correctly in the previous version that was installed.  Is
    there something that we neglected to do in the installation process, or
    are these newly introduced bugs?
    
    Marc

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5086.1	need help ASAP!	TPTEST::SEVIGNY	Island In The Sky	`Wed May 19 1993 13:51`	138
	Below is some output which demonstrated the problem. We need help with this ASAP, so if you know of someone that I can contact to determine how to correct this, it would be much appreciated. Our MIA tests are failing. From: ROCK4::SANTOS "Chuck Santos 227-3534" 19-MAY-1993 10:39:59.01 To: JOHNG TONY REMPELAKIS CHIN SEVIGNY MCDERMOTT CC: SANTOS Subj: MCC 1.3.0 problem, set term/width=132 Below are some test cases that isolates the problem discovered yesterday with the new MCC kit. As I see it, we have two problems. 1. Symbols in the MCC_INIT.COM file are not properly translated/defined in when MCC utility is invoked. See the sample MCC_INIT.COM, invocation of MCC, and test case 1 & 2. 2. It appears length of string or quotes around environment variable value string is not the issue. The syntax problem appears to be related to characters after the "]" in the directory structure. See test cases 3 & 4 ! MCC_INIT.COM !------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- define tpsysname "/.:/si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm/mrmprod8pptpm01" define tpcon "mrmprod8pptpm01" define by_owner PTPM01::REMPELAKIS define by_user REMPELAKIS define ts_exec_file twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_task_svr_a.exe define ts_desc_file twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_task_grp_1_0.idf define ps_exec_file twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_proc_svr_a.exe define ps_desc_file twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_proc_grp_a_1_0.idf define ps_ev_str ((name=app$database,value="TWRK01:[SI_PROD_VMS_CD8P_KIT_MRM.MRM_SI_TEST_DB]MRM_SI_TEST_DB") define ps_env_var (name=WRITE_FILE,value="twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_rdb_3.dat")) define acl_string ((identifier=*,perm=(all))) !------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $! symbols PS_EV_STR and PS_ENV_VAR are not defined due to syntax error. See TEST CASE 2, the server is created using $! the same syntax as defined in the MCC_INIT.COM $! $ mana/ent DECmcc (V1.3.0) %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, define ps_ev_str ((name=app$database,value="TWRK01:[SI_PROD_VM ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line %MCC-W-EOSEXPECTED, an end-of-string is expected, but found the following: ) %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, define ps_env_var (name=WRITE_FILE,value="twrk01:[si_prod_vms_ ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line %MCC-W-EOSEXPECTED, an end-of-string is expected, but found the following: ) %MCC-I-SYMDEF, Symbol defined. MCC>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TEST CASE 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MCC>! no quotes around environment variable value string, result is syntax error, server not created MCC>! Result is syntax error, server not created. MCC> MCC> cre tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR - _MCC> exec file= ps_exec_file , - _MCC> desc file= ps_desc_file , - _MCC> env var=((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_rdb_3.dat)) %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, ((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_r ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line %MCC-E-SPLIT_CONSLIST, error in list of values MCC>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TEST CASE 2 MCC>! quotes around environment variable value string. MCC>! Result is server created MCC> MCC> cre tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR - _MCC> exec file= ps_exec_file , - _MCC> desc file= ps_desc_file , - _MCC> env var=((name=WRITE_FILE,value="twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_rdb_3.dat")) TPSYSTEM "/.:/si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm/mrmprod8pptpm01" SERVER processing_svr AT 19-MAY-1993 08:54:08 Entity created successfully. MCC> dele tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR TPSYSTEM "/.:/si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm/mrmprod8pptpm01" SERVER processing_svr AT 19-MAY-1993 08:56:32 Entity deleted successfully. MCC> MCC>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TEST CASE 3 MCC>! no quotes around environment variable value string, and no characters after the "]". MCC>! Result is server created MCC> MCC> cre tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR - _MCC> exec file= ps_exec_file , - _MCC> desc file= ps_desc_file , - _MCC> env var=((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrmxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx])) TPSYSTEM "/.:/si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm/mrmprod8pptpm01" SERVER processing_svr AT 19-MAY-1993 08:57:57 Entity created successfully. MCC> dele tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR TPSYSTEM "/.:/si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm/mrmprod8pptpm01" SERVER processing_svr AT 19-MAY-1993 08:59:15 Entity deleted successfully. MCC> MCC>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TEST CASE 4 MCC>! no quotes around environment variable value string, and 1 character after the "]". MCC>! Result is syntax error, server not created MCC> MCC> MCC> cre tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR - _MCC> exec file= ps_exec_file , - _MCC> desc file= ps_desc_file , - _MCC> env var=((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]x)) %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, ((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]x)) ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line %MCC-E-SPLIT_CONSLIST, error in list of values MCC>
5086.3		TPTEST::SEVIGNY	Island In The Sky	`Wed May 19 1993 15:16`	7
	This has nothing to do with the problem found with the new version of MCC. What used to work no longer works. You are referring to VMS logical definitions. The problem is with MCC symbol/logical definitions.
5086.4	Problem exists in earlier versions?	MOLAR::MOLAR::CARR		`Mon Jun 07 1993 11:41`	43
	I've been able to reproduce this problem using both V1.2.0 and V1.2.3. I'm confused with the claim that this worked previous to V1.3.0. As you can see below, I've run this on both V1.2.0 on VMS v5.4-3 and V1.2.3 on VMS 5.5-1. What versions of VMS and DECmcc were you running on when this worked? Dan ============================================================================= !!! DECmcc V1.2.0 VMS V5.4-3 on node QUANTZ of the TOOK cluster, Monday, 7-JUN-1993 10:21 EST Quantz> man/ent DECmcc (V1.2.0) MCC> def tst (name=WRITE_FILE,value="twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_rdb_3. dat")) %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, def tst (name=WRITE_FILE,value="twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_m ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line an end-of-string is expected, but found the following: ) MCC> !!! DECmcc V1.2.3 VAX/VMS V5.5-1 on node MOLAR 7-JUN-1993 10:21:11.42 Uptime 11 22:53:42 Molar> man/ent DECmcc (V1.2.3) MCC> def tst (name=WRITE_FILE,value="twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]mrm_rdb_3. dat")) %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, def tst (name=WRITE_FILE,value="twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_m ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line an end-of-string is expected, but found the following: ) MCC>
5086.5		MICROW::SEVIGNY	Island In The Sky	`Mon Jun 07 1993 15:19`	10
	Thanks for the effort, Dan. It may very wel be related to the versions of VMS and MCC, but we began experiencing the problem when we upgraded MCC only. The version of VMS we are/were running is a release of J-VMS called Godzilla. I'll have the system manager or the test engineer with better info reply to give more details.
5086.6	a little more light	OLCROW::SANTOS	play ball	`Fri Jun 18 1993 18:25`	61
	Hello Dan, I was the author of the mail message posted in .1 As I read it now I can see how it was confusing. We are not claiming using the quotes worked on MCC version 1.2.3 and doesn't work on 1.3. Our orginal MCC_INIT.COM file does not use quotes. I experimented using the quotes to see if that would solve the problem and ran into the same problem you have encountered. What we are claiming is the following command worked on V1.2.3 and does not work on V1.3. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCC> cre tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR - _MCC> exec file= ps_exec_file , - _MCC> desc file= ps_desc_file , - _MCC> env var=((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]foo.dat)) %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, ((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]foo.dat)) ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line %MCC-E-SPLIT_CONSLIST, error in list of values -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At first I thought it might be a char string length issue. So I experimented with the following commands: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCC> cre tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR - _MCC> exec file= ps_exec_file , - _MCC> desc file= ps_desc_file , - _MCC> env var=((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]x)) %MCC-I-NOPARCMD, ((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]x)) ^ %MCC-I-SYNTAXERR, Syntax error -- unable to interpret remainder of line %MCC-E-SPLIT_CONSLIST, error in list of values MCC> MCC> MCC> MCC> cre tpsys tpsysname serv PROCESSING_SVR - _MCC> exec file= ps_exec_file , - _MCC> desc file= ps_desc_file , - _MCC> env var=((name=WRITE_FILE,value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrmxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx])) TPSYSTEM "/.:/si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm/mrmprod8pptpm01" SERVER processing_svr AT 19-MAY-1993 08:57:57 Entity created successfully. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This proved to me I was not exceeding any char length restrictions. It also showed me that the syntax error is only encountered when I enter characters after the end bracked ("]"). example value=twrk01:[si_prod_vms_cd8p_kit_mrm]x Sorry about the confusion, hopefully the problem is better defined now. Thanks Chuck