Organization of this Man ual

The guide contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1

Overview covers the basics of programming on MPE/iX. It in troduces the

 

900 Series HP 3000, HP-P A architecture, and MPE operating systems. It

 

describes the follo wing topics on a high lev el, suitable for managemen t and

 

programming purposes: MPE/iX operating system features and

 

fundamentals, user interface, accounting structure, migration from the MPE

 

V/E operating system, and data con version from MPE V/E.

Chapter 2

Utilities and Tools covers programmatic access to the MPE/iX Command

 

Interpreter and many other MPE/iX subsystems and utilities.

Chapter 3

Program Development covers writing, compiling, linking, loading, and

 

running a program on MPE/iX. It discusses the m ultiprogramming

 

environment, error detection, and con trol codes.

Chapter 4

Link Editor covers HP Link Editor/XL, whic h is a subsystem of MPE/iX

 

used to bring pieces of code together in to executable program ￿les and

 

maintain libraries of sharable code.

Chapter 5

Optimizing a Program covers the Optimizer subsystem of MPE/iX, whic h

 

improves program performance.

Chapter 6

File System describes the MPE/iX File System, including ￿le and record

 

structure, File System services, ￿le speci￿cations, ￿le domains, data

 

transfer, and ￿le securit y.

Chapter 7

Data Management covers data management concepts and subsystems on

 

MPE/iX, including KSAM, ALLBASE/SQL, T urboIMAGE, and QUERY.

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