Common Command Language for File Manipulation and Network Job Execution: An Example | NIST
Marianne Fitzgerald · 1978
Recognizing that the use of resource sharing capabilities provided by computer networks is inhibited by the requirement that the user become familiar with the varied command languages and protocols of each accessed system, this report presents a general approach to solving the protlem using an intermediary system to support a set of common commands for file manipulation and network job execution. Tested in an experiment with fcur different systems, this common command language permits the network user to easily transfer files between varied systems of the network and provides the capability tc execute programs at particular hosts using data that may not initially be availatle where the Ercvam is to be executed. An account of the development and implementattOn of the command language is folowed ty a description of its usage in s.ystew interconnection, intrasystem file handling, intersystem file transporting, and network lob execution. An appendix provides 4 display of the coamand language and a list of pertinent references. (FM) Rei,roduc+ions supplied by FDES are tilt: hes+ that ccar, be made from thE original document. ***********************************************************************