Every system initialization message has one of the following formats:
? P.msgtext
? tsn-makz.hhmmss % msgtext
where:
| Message requiring a response (message not requiring a response: |
| Message from startup |
| Message text |
| Message from BS2000; tsn is the task sequence number of a system task or a job name |
| Hyphen (omitted in messages from the resident portion of system initialization |
| Message job ID (3 numeric characters or letters; leading zeros may be omitted). mjid is omitted in messages from the resident portion of system initialization |
| Separator; depends on the system parameter SECSTART |
| Current time of day (omitted in messages from the resident portion of system initialization |
The message text always starts with a code number (3-digit message class and 4-digit sequential number, where x is a hexadecimal digit).
Messages from the resident portion of system initialization have the code number NSIxxxx (Nucleus System Initialization).
The messages of the pageable portion of system initialization have the code number EXCxxxx.
Example of a message from the resident portion of system initialization:
? P.NSI0050SPECIFY PARAMFILE ...
Example of a message after the resident portion of system initialization:
? TSC-000.112133%NSI0077ENTER AUTOMATIC COMMAND FILE
The response proper begins with the character string (preceded by a question mark) belonging to the message in question (P or tsn), including a hyphen, if appropriate, and the message job ID, followed by a period. The response text must follow without a break.
Example of a response during the resident portion of system initialization:
P.FN=PARAMFILE.OPR
Example of a response after the resident portion of system initialization:
TSC.CMDFILEX
System installation messages are always output in English.