The TEST command provides a mechanism to test site-supplied subroutines intended for use with the popstore. The purpose and usage of those subroutines is described in the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide. Note that the shareable image containing the subroutine to be tested must be installed as a known image with the DCL INSTALL CREATE command. Moreover, an executive mode logical must be used to reference the image. The name of that logical is specified with the image-spec parameter. And, any logical referenced by that logical must also be an executive mode logical. These requirements are OpenVMS requirements and are enforced by LIB$FIND_IMAGE_SYMBOL, the run- time library subroutine used by the popstore to dynamically load and link to the subroutine. Note that if you use the TEST command and then subsequently change your subroutine, then you will need to exit the utility and restart it before you can retest your subroutine. This is because LIB$FIND_IMAGE_SYMBOL won't reload the subroutine a second time. Also, when rebuilding a shareable image, be sure to use the DCL INSTALL REPLACE command to install the new version of the image. The TEST/MESSAGE_MAPPING and TEST/PROFILE_MAPPING commands test, respectively, MAP_MESSAGE_FILENAME and MAP_PROFILE_FILENAME subroutines. The command will load the subroutine from the specified image and then, for each stored message or profile file, run the filename through the subroutine. The input and output file names for each file will be displayed along with diagnostic information, should an error occur. The TEST/CONNECT and TEST/BLOCK_DAYS commands test, respectively, the COMPUTE_CONNECT and COMPUTE_BLOCK_DAYS subroutines. With each command, you can specify the values of the input arguments to be passed to those subroutines. The results produced by the subroutine will then be displayed. Should an error occur, diagnostic information will be displayed. Text files intended for use as PMDF_TABLE:POPSTORE_MESSAGE_PATHS. or PMDF_TABLE:POPSTORE_PROFILES_PATHS. files can be tested with the TEST /PATHS command. The command will scan the directory trees listed in the specified file, displaying the files found in each directory tree.