Creates a clerk on the specified node. You can also enter this
 command through the NCL interface.  This command should not
 normally be executed outside of the DECnet startup procedure.

 SYNOPSIS

      CREATE [NODE node-id] DNS CLERK

 Argument

 node-id

 The name of the node. If you do not specify a node name, the local
 node is assumed.

                                 NOTE

    To create a clerk on a VMS system, enter the
    @SYS$STARTUP:DNS$CLERK_STARTUP command from the VMS system
    prompt. You must have the NET$MANAGE rights identifier to
    execute this command. You can only use the command locally;
    you must be logged into the system where the clerk resides.

 PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
 You must have the NET$MANAGE rights identifier (VMS systems) or
 superuser privileges (ULTRIX systems).

1  –  example

 The following command creates a clerk on node .mfg.umbriel.

 dns> create node .mfg.umbriel dns clerk

2  –  known_namespace

 Adds a namespace to the list of namespaces cached by a specified
 DECdns clerk.

 SYNOPSIS

      CREATE [NODE node-id] DNS CLERK

      KNOWN NAMESPACE name NSCTS nscts

 Arguments

 node-id

 The name of the node. If you do not specify a node name, the local
 node is assumed.

 name

 A simple name for the namespace.

 nscts

 The value of the namespace creation timestamp (NSCTS) that is
 automatically assigned when the namespace is created. The format
 of the NSCTS is 14 pairs of hex digits (xx-xx).

 PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
 You must have the NET$MANAGE rights identifier (VMS systems) or
 superuser privileges (ULTRIX systems).

2.1  –  example

 The following command adds the namespace with the name jns and NSCTS
 value of 08-00-2B-0D-C0-9D-CD-3B-C6-16-EC-3B-94-00 to the list of
 namespaces cached by the local clerk.

 dns> create dns clerk known namespace jns NSCTS -
 _> 08-00-2B-0D-C0-9D-CD-3B-C6-16-EC-3B-94-00

3  –  manual_nameserver

 Creates knowledge in the local clerk's cache about a server that
 exists across a wide area network (WAN).

 SYNOPSIS

      CREATE [NODE node-id] DNS CLERK

      MANUAL NAMESERVER name TOWER TowerSet

 Arguments

 node-id

 The name of the node on which the clerk exists. If you do not
 specify a node name, the local node is assumed.

 name

 A simple name for the manual nameserver. The name is used only as a
 handle for managing this entity.

 TowerSet

 The DNA TowerSet address of the server node. (You must use a
 continuation character (-) for commands that extend beyond one line
 of text, but this only works if it is the very last character on the
 line of text.) The format of a TowerSet is:

  {([DNA_OSInetwork , nsap-value ])}

 Description

 This command creates knowledge in the local clerk's cache about a
 server that exists across a WAN. It gives the clerk the information
 it needs to contact the server across a WAN and cache the other
 information that the clerk needs to communicate with that server.
 You can also enter this command through the NCL interface.

                                 NOTE

    You should not normally enter this command from DNSCP. You can
    use the configuration program to accomplish what this command
    does.

 PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
 You must have the NET$MANAGE rights identifier (VMS systems) or
 superuser privileges (ULTRIX systems).

3.1  –  example

 The following command informs the clerk on node .mfg.umbriel about
 the existence of the server nrl.

 dns> create node .mfg.umbriel dns clerk manual nameserver nrl tower -
 _> {([ DNA_OSInetwork , 49::00-04:AA-00-04-00-6A-11:20 ])}