Cancels one or more reservations of a generation of an element. Format: UNRESERVE element-expression "remark"
1 – Command Parameters
element-expression Specifies one or more elements whose reservations are to be canceled. An element expression can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas. remark Specifies a character string to be logged in the history file with this command, usually used to explain why the command was entered. The remark is enclosed in quotation marks. If no remark was entered, a null remark ("") is logged.
2 – Description
The UNRESERVE command cancels an existing reservation of a generation of an element. You cannot unreserve a generation held by another user unless you hold BYPASS privilege or unless you are granted BYPASS access to the element by an access control entry. If you have more than one reservation of an element, or if you are replacing a concurrent reservation made by another user, (that is, if there is any ambiguity), you must specify the exact reservation to be canceled. You do this by using either the /GENERATION qualifier or the /IDENTIFICATON_NUMBER qualifier. You can use /GENERATION as long as the concurrent reservations are not on the same generation. If you have more than one concurrent reservation for the same generation, you must identify the specific reservation to be canceled. Each reservation is assigned an identification number. Use the SHOW RESERVATIONS command to determine the identification number of each reservation. The identification number appears in parentheses at the beginning of each line. If you use the /IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER qualifier, you do not need to also use the /GENERATION qualifier; when both are used, CMS ignores the /GENERATION qualifier.
3 – Qualifiers
3.1 /CONFIRM
Controls whether CMS prompts you for confirmation before each transaction. When you specify /CONFIRM and run CMS in interactive mode, CMS prompts you for confirmation. If you type YES, ALL, TRUE, or 1, CMS executes the transaction. If you type NO, QUIT, FALSE, 0, or press RETURN or CTRL/Z, no action is performed. If you type any other character, CMS continues to prompt until you type an acceptable response. CMS does not prompt for confirmation in batch mode. The /NOCONFIRM qualifier does not override the confirmation prompt issued when you unreserve a concurrent reservation or when you cancel another user's reservation.
3.2 /DELETE[=file-specification]
Controls whether all versions of the unreserved file are deleted. If you omit /DELETE, the files are not deleted. If you specify /DELETE without a file specification, all versions of the unreserved files are deleted from your current directory. The file specification allows you to specify a different location and the name of the file to be deleted.
3.3 /GENERATION=generation-expression
Specifies which reserved generation of the element is to be unreserved. If you have more than one reservation of the same element generation, you must use the /IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER qualifier to unreserve the reservation.
3.4 /IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER=n
Specifies which reservation is to be unreserved. This qualifier is required when you have multiple reservations of the same generation of an element. This qualifier is also required when multiple users have reserved the same generation of an element and you have BYPASS privilege or have been granted BYPASS access to the element by an access control list entry. /IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER can be used instead of /GENERATION when you have multiple reservations. Use the SHOW RESERVATIONS command to determine the identification number of each reservation. The identification number appears in parentheses at the beginning of each line.
3.5 /LOG (D)
Controls whether CMS displays success and informational messages on the default output device. By default, if the command executes successfully, CMS displays a success message. If you specify /NOLOG, success and informational messages are suppressed. Any warning, error, or fatal error messages are displayed regardless of whether /LOG or /NOLOG is specified.
3.6 /OCCLUDE[=option,...]
Controls whether CMS selects the first instance of the specified object, or all instances of the specified object in the library search list. The options field contains one or more keywords associated with the name of the object. The options field can contain the following keywords: ALL--equivalent to (ELEMENT, GROUP, CLASS) ELEMENT (D) NOELEMENT GROUP (D) NOGROUP CLASS (D) NOCLASS NONE--equivalent to (NOELEMENT, NOGROUP, NOCLASS) You can specify either ALL or NONE, or any combination of the [NO]ELEMENT, [NO]GROUP, and [NO]CLASS keywords. By default, CMS performs occlusion for all objects; that is, CMS selects only the first occurrence of a specified object.
4 – Examples
(1) CMS> UNRESERVE FILEIO.BLI _Remark: problem elsewhere %CMS-S-UNRESERVED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]FILEIO.BLI unreserved This command cancels the existing reservation of the element FILEIO.BLI. (2) $ SET PROCESS/PRIVILEGE=BYPASS $ CMS UNRESERVE SAMPLE.TXT "unreserving on behalf of SMITH" Element A.TXT currently reserved by: (1) SMITH 1 17-FEB-1988 13:43:52 "sample module for program" Unreserve (1) SAMPLE.TXT generation 1, held by SMITH? [Y/N] (N): Y %CMS-S-UNRESERVED, element DISKX:[SMITH.WORK.CMSLIB]SAMPLE.TXT unreserved This example shows the cancellation of another user's existing reservation (through the use of BYPASS privilege) of the latest generation of the element SAMPLE.TXT. If concurrent reservations of element SAMPLE.TXT existed, you would need to specify the exact reservation to be canceled by using either the /GENERATION or /IDENTIFICATION qualifier.