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Lev.babchenko@teracloud.com: the links to the actual RMS RMs have been added

2026-02-18T14:40:03Z

the links to the actual RMS RMs have been added

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	=See also=		=See also=
			* [https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-record-management-services-reference-manual/ VSI OpenVMS Record Management Services Reference Manual (web)]
			* [https://docs.vmssoftware.com/docs/vsi-openvms-record-management-services-reference-manual.pdf VSI OpenVMS Record Management Services Reference Manual (pdf)]
	* [https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04623189 Record Management Services Reference Manual]		* [https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04623189 Record Management Services Reference Manual]

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Lev.babchenko@teracloud.com: split some lines

2026-02-18T14:32:55Z

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	\| [[SYS$CONNECT]]		\| [[SYS$CONNECT]]
	\| Establishes a record stream by associating a RAB with an open file SYS$DELETE $DELETE Deletes a record from a relative or indexed file		\| Establishes a record stream by associating a RAB with an open file
			\|-
			\| [[SYS$DELETE]]
			\| $DELETE Deletes a record from a relative or indexed file
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[SYS$DISCONNECT]]		\| [[SYS$DISCONNECT]]
	\| Terminates a record stream by disconnecting a RAB from an open file SYS$FIND $FIND Locates the specified record, establishes it as the current record and returns the record’s RFA to the application program SYS$FLUSH $FLUSH Writes (flushes) modified I/O buffers and file attributes to the disk before closing a file		\| Terminates a record stream by disconnecting a RAB from an open file
			\|-
			\| [[SYS$FIND]]
			\| $FIND Locates the specified record, establishes it as the current record and returns the record’s RFA to the application program
			\|-
			\| [[SYS$FLUSH]]
			\| $FLUSH Writes (flushes) modified I/O buffers and file attributes to the disk before closing a file
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[SYS$FREE]]		\| [[SYS$FREE]]

Polluks: Category

2025-07-24T08:53:33Z

Darya.zelenina: Created page with "'''Record Management Services''' (RMS) are a set of system services that assist application programs in processing and managing files and their contents. =List= The following..."

2019-06-04T19:22:17Z

Created page with "'''Record Management Services''' (RMS) are a set of system services that assist application programs in processing and managing files and their contents. =List= The following..."

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'''Record Management Services''' (RMS) are a set of system services that assist application programs in processing and managing files and their contents.

=List=
The following are OpenVMS record management services:

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="col" | Name
! colspan="col" | Description
|-
! colspan=2 | File Processing and File Naming Macros
|-
| [[SYS$CLOSE]]
| Terminates file processing and disconnects all record streams previously associated with the file
|-
| [[SYS$CREATE]]
| Creates and opens a new file
|-
| [[SYS$DISPLAY]]
| Returns the opened file’s attributes to the application program
|-
| [[SYS$ENTER]]
| Enters a file name into a directory
|-
| [[SYS$ERASE ]]
| Deletes a file and removes its directory entry
|-
| [[SYS$EXTEND]]
| Allocates additional space to a file
|-
| [[SYS$OPEN]]
| Opens an existing file and initiates file processing
|-
| [[SYS$PARSE]]
| Parses a file specification
|-
| [[SYS$REMOVE]]
| Removes a file name from a directory but does not actually delete the file data; compare this with the $ERASE macro
|-
| [[SYS$RENAME]]
| Assigns a new name to (renames) a file
|-
| [[SYS$SEARCH]]
| Searches a directory, or possibly multiple directories, for a file name
|-
! colspan=2 | Record Processing Macros
|-
| [[SYS$CONNECT]]
| Establishes a record stream by associating a RAB with an open file SYS$DELETE $DELETE Deletes a record from a relative or indexed file
|-
| [[SYS$DISCONNECT]]
| Terminates a record stream by disconnecting a RAB from an open file SYS$FIND $FIND Locates the specified record, establishes it as the current record and returns the record’s RFA to the application program SYS$FLUSH $FLUSH Writes (flushes) modified I/O buffers and file attributes to the disk before closing a file
|-
| [[SYS$FREE]]
| Unlocks all records previously locked by the record stream
|-
| [[SYS$GET]]
| Retrieves a record from a file
|-
| [[SYS$NXTVOL]]
| Causes processing of a magnetic tape file to continue to the next volume of a volume set
|-
| [[SYS$PUT]]
| Writes a new record to a file
|-
| [[SYS$RELEASE]]
| Unlocks a record pointed to by the contents of the RAB$W_RFA field
|-
| [[SYS$REWIND]]
| Establishes the first file record as the current record
|-
| [[SYS$TRUNCATE]]
| Truncates a sequential file
|-
| [[SYS$UPDATE]]
| Deletes and rewrites (updates) an existing file record
|-
| [[SYS$WAIT]]
| Awaits the completion of an asynchronous record operation
|-
! colspan="2" | Block I/O Processing Macros
|-
| [[SYS$READ]]
| Retrieves a specified number of bytes from a file, beginning on block boundaries
|-
| [[SYS$SPACE]]
| Positions forward or backward in a file to a block boundary
|-
| [[SYS$WRITE]]
| Writes a specified number of bytes to a file, beginning on block boundaries
|}

=See also=
* [https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04623189 Record Management Services Reference Manual]

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	=See also=		=See also=
	* [https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04623189 Record Management Services Reference Manual]		* [https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04623189 Record Management Services Reference Manual]

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