This manual is intended primarily for system administration and experienced BS2000 users. It provides, on the one hand, a description of the features and applications of SDF-A. On the other hand, it acts as a reference manual for all SDF-A statements and macros and for the interface between SDF and high-level languages.
The manual also contains a description of SDF-SIM (System Dialog Facility-SIMulator). SDF-SIM is designed for testing commands and statements in a defined environment of syntax files.
We recommend the following manuals as preparatory reading matter and for more detailed information about SDF:
“Introductory Guide to the SDF Dialog Interface” [1 (Related publications)]
This manual describes the dialog interface implemented with SDF and explains how to enter SDF commands and statements as well as commands and standard statements belonging directly to SDF.“SDF Management” [2 (Related publications)]
This manual describes the commands for controlling SDF, the installation and management of syntax files, and the statements for SDF-I, SDF-U and SDF-PAR.“Commands” [4 (Related publications)], Volumes 1 through 6
These manuals describe all BS2000/OSD commands in SDF format, including the commands reserved for system administration.“Introductory Guide to Systems Support” [6 (Related publications)]
This manual describes the tasks to be performed by system operators and system administrators.
There is also a “Ready Reference” [3 (Related publications)] for SDF-A. This contains the SDF-A statements, the macros and the function calls for the interface between SDF and high-level programming languages, and the SDF-SIM statements. This Ready Reference is intended as a reference work for experienced users.