What About Existing Files - IBM Professional Series User Manual

What About Existing Files?
The VM/PC installation process will never write over one of
your existing files without giving you a chance to prevent it.
If
the installation process discovers an existing file having the
same name as a file it wants to write, the process will either
terminate itself or give you a chance to decide what to do
before continuing.
The process terminates if the file it wants to write is just a
temporary file used only during installation. The section on
"If Something Goes Wrong?" discusses this situation.
If the file the installation process wants to write is one of the
permanent files that make up VM/PC, you will be presented
with the "INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXISTING FILES"
screen described in STEP 3.
After reading the instructions, you should press any key to
see a list of the files that already exist. The list looks like
this:
EXISTING VM/PC FILES
To choose an action for a file, use the
,t,
and
'l'
keys to move the
'==>'
pointer to the proper line. Then press a function key:
Fl - SAVE THE EXISTING FILE ' F9 - TO REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS
F2 - RENAME THE EXISTING FILE FlO - QUIT
F3 - REPLACE THE EXISTING FILE
Press ENTER after all choices are complete.
--------FILENAME---------DESCRIPTION-------------------STATUS ----------
==>
CONFIG. lVM VM/PC CONFIGURATION FILE Action Required
VMPCCON.EXE VM/PC CONFIGURATOR PROGRAM Action Required
VMPC.COM VM/PC PROGRAM Action Required
CPI0.1VM VM/PC CP I/O SERVICES Action Required
CP.1VM VM/PC CP 370
NUCLE~S
Action Required
CPMSG.1VM VM/PC CP MESSAGE FILE Action Required
CMS.1VM VM/PC CMS PROGRAM Action Required
CMS.100 VM/PC CMS SYSTEM LIBRARY Action Required
The list will show only the files that exist, so the list you see
may not include all eight of the VM/PC permanent files.
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