GETNAME: mount disks with duplicate names

Description

Disk mounting utility. Allows volumes with the same name to be mounted simultaneously, with one temporarily relabelled to avoid conflict.

Categories

System Operation
Disk Management

Related files

GETNAME: Object file for program.

User Instructions

Allows two volumes with the same name to be mounted at the same time by temporarily renaming one of them. To use, enter the device number at the VOLNAM screen and press (RETURN). The program then asks for a new volume name; enter this name and press PF(01) to rename the volume. GETNAME can also be used to reverse the temporary name.

Programmer Instructions

Both screens used in GETNAME are GETPARM screens, so the utility can be controlled from a program or procedure.

DEVICE      Press (RETURN) to continue or PF(16) to end
            program.

  DEVICE    (blank)     The device number of the disk drive.

VOLNAM      Enter new volume name and press PF(01) to rename
            volume or PF(16) to exit program.

  VOLUME    (blank)     The new name for the volume.

Example of use

Of use whenever disks that have been named the same must be mounted simultaneously, either as a result of a system problem requiring a prior disk copy to be mounted or as a part of a backup scheme where the new copy of becomes the production disk and must be renamed. Similar in purpose and operation to FVN (Fix Volume Name).

Comments

See also FVN.