Compaq OSI/FTAM D43, OSI/APLMGR D43 manual NBS-9 Documents

Compaq FTAM Responder Support of	Kernel Group File Attributes
ISO FTAM Functions

The responder allows for the simplification of FTAM-2 document types to FTAM-1 document types only. In addition, FTAM-2 simplification is allowed only on Compaq Enscribe relative files, not on SQL tables. Per the ISO 8571-2 provisions, the responder allows no simplification of FTAM-1 or FTAM-3 files.

Compaq FTAM does not permit the relaxation of document type parameters to less restrictive values. The VFS component of the responder keeps no record of the universal-class value associated with files created on the Guardian file system. In the case of the maximum-string-length parameter, the VFS records the maximum-string- length value for all FTAM-2 documents, and for FTAM-3 documents with a string- significance value of fixed or variable. For FTAM-1 documents, and for FTAM-3 documents with a string-significance value of not significant, the VFS has no memory of the associated maximum-string-length value.

Table 4-9 shows the simplification of document types that the responder allows.

Table 4-9. Simplification of Document Types Supported by the Compaq FTAM Responder

FTAM
Document	Document Type Simplifications
Type
FTAM-1	Not applicable
FTAM-2	FTAM-1 (Enscribe relative files only)
FTAM-3	Not applicable
NBS-9	Not applicable

NBS-9 Documents

NBS-9 documents are files that have been created by listing Guardian directories. If the remote initiator sends an F-SELECT primitive with a filename attribute of DIRLIS (all in uppercase), the Compaq responder returns a file of directory entries (an NBS-9 file) for the volume and subvolume specified in the filename attribute. The read and read- attribute actions are the only file actions that you can perform on an NBS-9 file. If a volume and subvolume are not specified, the responder uses the default volume and subvolume of the user specified in the initiator-identity parameter of the F-INITIALIZE request.

OSI/FTAM Responder Manual—425199-001

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