Group W Toolset Release 4.1

Changes Since Previous Release

This document describes changes released in Group W Toolset 4.1, released on 1997-12-11. The previous version was 4.0, released on 1997-07-03.

This document was developed for Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, but it should work with most browsers. This document is element READ-THIS in file #1 of the GWTS release tape. To view it with a web browser, download it to your PC's hard disk (or to your web server) and point your browser to it.

Older versions of this document are kept in elements with name of the form READ-THIS/xDOTy, where 'x' and 'y' represent the whole and fractional parts of the release level. Example: Element READ-THIS/4DOT0 contains the READ-THIS document that was distributed in Group W Toolset release 4.0.

Group W Toolset documentation is in HTML format. In file #1 of the release are three elements that you should download to the same directory your PC or Web site:

Download GWTS/HTM to GWTS.HTM
Download GWTSDOC/HTM to GWTSDOC.HTM
Download GWTSTOC/HTM to GWTSTOC.HTM

Many people don't seem to know that you don't need a web server to browse HTML documents. Your browser can read documents from a PC disk drive. For example, if you downloaded the above files to the 'C:\' directory, you could browse them by pointing your browser to 'file:///C:/GWTS.HTM' (newer browsers allow you to shorten this to 'C:/GWTS.HTM'). GWTS.HTM defines a frameset that uses the other two documents. If your browser does not support frames, then point it to 'file:///C:/GWTSDOC.HTM' (and get a new browser!).

File #1 -- Group W Toolset Processors

Correct Errors in Making the 4.0 Tape

Several errors were made in building the previous release tape:

ASGUSE incorrectly referred to file SJM*GWTS (a working file of SJM). Correct filename is GROUPW*TOOLSET.

Several source elements had lines longer than 80 characters. This sometimes causes truncation when those elements are distributed via e-mail in @PCH format. These elements have had longs lines shortened:
- COPYG/SKEL1
- DIFF
- MCBERR/SGS
- PCT

Correct Known Bugs

Bugs in one processor have been corrected:

@MFDPL 2R1A corrects two bugs:
- Correct bug whereby backup data is not reported if max backup levels (MITBULVLS) is zero. Instead, we now test max backup words (MITBUWRDS). MITBULVLS can be zero on a file reloaded via FAS (though I don't understand why). This correction affects MAINITEM SGS fields MI_BKUP_DATE, MI_BKUP_TIME, MI_BKUP_REEL, MI_BKUP_FILE_NUM and MI_BKUP_BLK_CNT.
- Correct bug whereby second back-up reel-id was separated from the first by a slash (/) rather than a comma (,). This caused SSG skeletons to see one long subfield rather than two subfields. Any user-written SSG skeletons relying on the previously incorrect behavior of MAINITEM SGS field MI_BKUP_REEL must be modified.

New Features

This section lists feature changes and additions that are in this release.

@MFDPL 2R2 pipes a new field: Number of granules assigned (sum of number of granules in Quota groups 1 to 8) is piped as MAINITEM SGS field MI_GRAN_QUOTA.

A new processor, @PCTPL, pipes selected data from the PCT. It only pipes fields which are not available in SSG system-defined SGSs. This processor is a work in progress.