OLD-ACCOUNT-SAVE
Creates a tape with a format suitable for loading on a 5.3 or 6.0 Reality system. This is otherwise similar to the ACCOUNT-SAVE Proc.
Caution
The Migration Utilities described in the optional manual User's Guide to Reality Migration Utilities should be used in preference to OLD-ACCOUNT-SAVE.
If you decide not to use the migration utilities, OLD-ACCOUNT-SAVE must be used instead of ACCOUNT-SAVE, where appropriate, to avoid file and/or item loss on restore. However, there are a number of potential problems on restoring to a pre-7.0 Reality system - see Restrictions
OLD-ACCOUNT-SAVE should not be used to transfer SYSMAN, SYSPROG or SYSFILES to a pre-7.0 Reality system. Use T-DUMP to transfer data instead.
Command Class
Proc.
Restrictions
- SYSMAN and SYSPROG accounts only. If run from SYSPROG, accounts with update/retrieval lock codes are not saved.
- Once accounts are restored they must be updated using UPDATE-ACCOUNT.
- Item-ids to be restored must not be more than 50 characters long.
- All data is saved to tape, but on restore, very large items are truncated to the maximum system size.
- Any single level files must have a data pointer in the dictionary.
- Binary items are not restored.
- Passwords are irreversibly encrypted on Reality. If passwords are not removed before accounts are saved then, on restore, an encrypted form of password is expected at the 'PASSWORD:' prompt.
- The account to be saved must have MD entries of type Q for MD, Proc, and M/DICT.
- The save must be single reel.
Procedure
The procedure is very similar to the ACCOUNT-SAVE procedure.