Chapter 4. Global Directory Editor

Revision History
Revision V6.1-000 01 August 2014
Revision V6.0-003 27 January 2014
  • In “Region Qualifiers”, corrected the syntax of [NO]STDNULLCOLL and -COLLATION_DEFAULT .

  • In “Segment Qualifiers”, added a paragraph about what happens when database file with automatic extension disabled (EXTENSION_COUNT=0) starts to get full.

Revision V6.0-001 27 February 2013

In “Segment Qualifiers” and under the -ALLOCATION section, specified that GT.M always reserves 32 global buffers for BG access method out of the requested allocation.

Revision V6.0-000/1 21 November 2012

Updated for V6.0-000.

Revision V6.0-000 19 October 2012

In “Region Qualifiers”, added the description of -[NO]INST[_FREEZE_ON_ERROR].

Revision V5.5-000/10 28 September 2012

Added the description of -[NO]STDNULLCOLL, corrected the description of -NULL_SUBSCRIPTS, and corrected the maximum value for -LOCK_SPACE.

Revision V5.5-000/8 03 August 2012

Improved the description of the LOCK_SPACE qualifier and GDE Overview.

Revision V5.5-000/4 6 June 2012

Added AUTOSWITCHLIMIT as an option for -JOURNAL region qualifier.

Revision V5.4-002B 24 October 2011 Conversion to documentation revision history reflecting GT.M releases with revision history for each chapter.

Table of Contents

Global Directory
GDE Overview
Identifying the Current Global Directory
Creating a Default Global Directory
Mapping Global Variables in a Global Directory
Examining the Default Global Directory
Global Directory Abbreviations
Customizing a Global Directory
Using GDE
Guidelines for Mapping
Global Director Editor Commands
Specifying File Names in Command Lines
Font/Capitalization Conventions Used in this Chapter
@
Add
Change
Delete
Exit
Help
LOCks
LOG
Quit
Rename
SEtgd
SHow
Template
Verify
Name, Region, and Segment Qualifiers
Name Qualifiers
Region Qualifiers
Segment Qualifiers
Gblname Qualifiers
GDE Command Summary
GDE Command Qualifier Summary