This publication documents the Cray message system, which runs on the UNICOS, UNICOS/mk, and IRIX operating systems. This publication discusses the Cray message system from the perspective of a programmer who wants to issue messages from code by using the message system library routines and message system catalogs. It contains information about how to create message and explanation catalogs and how to retrieve messages from those catalogs from within a program.
This information is useful to programmers using the message system and to individuals (for example, system administrators) who want to understand the design of the Cray message system.
The following documents contain additional information that may be helpful:
For information on the message system from the point of view of the system administrator who is installing, maintaining, and updating message catalogs on a UNICOS system, and for information about using the message system to retrieve message explanations, see General UNICOS System Administration, publication SG-2301.
For information on the message system from the point of view of the system administrator who is installing, maintaining, and updating message catalogs on a UNICOS/mk system, and for information about using the message system to retrieve message explanations, see UNICOS/mk General Administration, publication SG-2601.
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The following conventions are used throughout this document:
| Convention | Meaning | |
| command | This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files, routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language structures. | |
| variable | Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined. | |
| user input | This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in interactive sessions. Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font. | |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. | |
| ... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. |
The following machine naming conventions may be used throughout this document:
| Term | Definition | |
| UNICOS systems | All configurations of Cray parallel vector processing (PVP) systems that support the Cray message system | |
| UNICOS/mk systems | All configurations of Cray massively parallel processing (MPP) systems that support the Cray message system | |
| IRIX systems | All configurations of CHALLENGE, CHALLANGE 10000, CRAY, CRAY Origin2000, Indigo2 10000, Indigo R4000, Indigo2, Indy, O2, Octane, Onyx, Onyx Extreme, Onyx2, Origin 200, Origin 2000, POWER CHALLENGE, POWER CHALLANGE 10000, POWER Indigo2, and POWER Onyx systems that support this release |
The default shell in the UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, referred to in Cray Research documentation as the standard shell, is a version of the Korn shell that conforms to the following standards:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) Standard 1003.2-1992
X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 4 (XPG4)
The UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems also support the optional use of the C shell.
Cray UNICOS Version 10.0 is an X/Open Base 95 branded product.
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