DECUS VAX Systems SIG Tapecopy Submissions
                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


                                 submitted by:


                                Matthew Madison
                    Center for Interactive Computer Graphics
                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                           Troy, New York 12180-3590
                                 (518) 276-2606

                        madison@cicgj.rpi.edu (Internet)
                           MADISON@RPICICGE (BITNET)



     This submission contains six subdirectories  with  items  of  possible
     interest  to  VAX/VMS  system  managers.  All but one are programs and
     include source code, an object library, and executables  linked  under
     VMS V4.6 or V4.7.  All programs were written to run under VMS V4.6 and
     V4.7.  Languages used include PL/I (mostly), BLISS, SCAN, and a little
     MACRO.

     Each subdirectory contains the documentation for the program in  three
     forms:   WPS-Plus  source  (file  type  of  .WPL), LN03-ready WPS-Plus
     output (file type of .LN03), and plain text (file type of .LIS).   The
     file name in each case is programDOC.

     1.  [.CLAIM]

         CLAIM is a program that allows a user to become the owner of files
         placed in his or her directories by other users.

     2.  [.MDMLIB]

         MDMLIB is a set of utility routines called by some of the programs
         in  this  submission,  and  is required if rebuilding the programs
         from sources.

     3.  [.MPMGR]

         MPMGR  (MODPARAMS  Manager)  is   a   program   that   can   build
         MODPARAMS.DAT files for an entire cluster from a central location.

     4.  [.SDFILTER]

         SDFILTER stands for  Screen  Dump  Filter.   SDFILTER  provides  a
         centralized  mechanism  for  routing  VAXstation screen dumps to a
         print queue -- especially useful in a Local-Area VAXcluster.

     5.  [.SETUP]

         SETUP is a program through which a system manager  can  centralize
         the  per-user,  per-login  setup  of  applications  software  on a
         system.

     6.  [.WATCHER]

         WATCHER is a configurable "idle job killer"  program,  written  to
         fairly  flexible  in  its  configuration.   Has code to handle LAT
         terminals (under VMS V4.6 and V4.7).