Microsoft KB Archive/21113

NISAM Commands

PSS ID Number: Q21113 Article last modified on 11-16-1992

2.10 2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: The commands NISAM accepts are as follows: NISAM START SRV | RDR {/S:NNNNN}: Starts the network ISAM (/S: specifies buffer size) NISAM STOP: Stops ISAM and frees memory NISAM SHARE: Shows share list, as with server NISAM SHARE shortname=d:: Shares a directory with the specified shortname NISAM SHARE d:: Shares the specified directory NISAM SHARE shortname|d:/D: Stops sharing the shortname or directory NISAM FILE: Shows the currently OPEN ISAM files NISAM CLOSE name: Closes the specified OPEN file ISAM.SRV is the server version of ISAM which can service ISAM requests. ISAM.SRV is activated by the NISAM START SRV command. This command should be given on a network server machine when requests for ISAM files located on that machine will be made either locally or across the network. ISAM.RDR is the redirector version of ISAM, and is activated by the NISAM START RDR command. This command should be given on network machines that run programs that access ISAM files only located on other server machines. Thus, ISAM files must be located on a server, and the ISAM on that machine must be activated with the NISAM START SRV command.

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