In the BS2000 systems the ROBAR-CL-SDF user program passes organizational statements to ROBAR.
Organizational statements are:
importing/exporting cartridges
ROBAR-CL-SDF has an SDF interface and can run in both interactive and batch mode. ROBAR-CL-SDF requires the user to be assigned the TAPE-MANAGEMENT privilege.
The program ROBAR-CL-SDF can only run with the associated syntax and message files. Information on installing these files is provided in section "Activating the syntax file" in chapter "Configuring ROBAR-CL".
The SDF syntax is provided in the “Commands” [3] manual.
Mode of operation of ROBAR-CL-SDF
On a BS2000 system there is generally only one instance of ROBAR-CL-SDF even if there are multiple ROBAR-CL-DCAM applications which are connected to different ROBAR-SV instances. A ROBAR-SV instance is identified by its location (LOCATION operand).
Each ROBAR-CL-SDF statement results in a message on the console (e.g. ROB1050) which is forwarded to all the ROBAR-SV instances affected and processed via the ROBAR rule files (RRFs).
If multiple ROBAR-SV instances are connected and a statement offers the LOCATION operand, this must also be specified explicitly in order to activate the ROBAR-SV instance addressed. See also the section "Checking the value for the LOCATION operand".