- CFS Command FC2 : Import INF Catalog from a SAM file

FC2 IMP: file , catalogue [, MERGE]

The command FC2 IMP:... acts as the counterpart to the export command described above. Exoprted INF-catalogues that have been modified using EDT, can be imported again with this command. The EDT format is converted into the CFS internal format of the information catalogue.

file Name of the SAM file containing the information texts for the information catalogue.

catalogue Name of the catalogue to be created. (CFS.INF / library.INF).

MERGE The data items contained in the SAM file are merged into an existing information catalogue.

Default: A new information catalogue is created.

You may process an exported INF-catalogue with EDT and import it afterwards. The import will overwrite all existing information in the INF-catalogue. During the editing of the exported catalogue (SAM file), the following rules have to be observed:

If you want to insert information for an additional data object, e.g. a description of file ABC.XYZ, you have to insert two records:

$NAME = ABC.XYZ

$

These records are followed by records containing the information text. If the information text exceeds 22 lines, you may want to program a format change between the second and the 22nd line. To do so, insert a control record:

'$$' before the first record to appear on a new screen.