TOPS-20 Commands Reference Manual

TRANSLATE

Displays the project-programmer number corresponding to a directory name, or the directory name corresponding to a project-programmer number.

Format

@TRANSLATE (DIRECTORY) dev:<directory>
or
@TRANSLATE (DIRECTORY) dev:[project-programmer number]

where:

dev:<directory> is the name of the directory, enclosed in angle brackets, that you want translated.

Default dev: - your connected structure

dev:[project-programmer number] is the project-programmer number, enclosed in square brackets, that you want translated.

Default dev: - your connected structure

Hints

Using Project-programmer Numbers

Use project-programmer numbers instead of directory names when giving file specifications to programs written for the TOPS-10 operating system. These include the assembler MACRO; the FORTRAN, COBOL, and ALGOL compilers; the linking loader LINK; and utility programs CREF (providing cross-reference information) and FILCOM (for comparing files).

If you are unsure whether a system program requires project-programmer numbers, load it into memory (using the R command), give a CTRL/C to return to TOPS-20 command level, and then examine memory with the INFORMATION MEMORY-USAGE command. If the file PA1050.EXE (the TOPS-10 compatibility package) is present in memory, then the program was originally written for TOPS-10 and may require a project-programmer number where you would ordinarily give a directory name.

Avoiding Project-programmer Numbers

To avoid project-programmer numbers, define a logical name (of 6 or fewer characters) as the directory in question. Then use this logical name in place of the directory when giving file specifications. The system program will accept the logical name as a device name, and will then be using the correct directory.

Related Commands

DEFINE for defining a logical name as a directory, to avoid using a project-programmer number

Examples

  1. Find out the project-programmer number associated with your connected directory. 
    @TRANSLATE <LATTA>
PS:<LATTA> (IS) PS:[4,261]
  2. Verify that the project-programmer number reported in Example 1 does correspond to your directory on PS:. 
    @TRANSLATE PS:[4,261]
PS:[4,261] (IS) PS:<LATTA>