1.$ SAVE_DIR = F$TRNLNM("SYS$DISK")+F$DIRECTORY() . . . $ SET DEFAULT 'SAVE_DIR' The assignment statement concatenates the values returned by the F$DIRECTORY and F$TRNLNM functions, and assigns the resulting string to the symbol SAVE_DIR. The symbol SAVE_DIR consists of a full device and directory name string. The argument SYS$DISK is enclosed in quotation marks ("") because it is a character string. (The command interpreter treats all arguments that begin with alphabetic characters as symbols or lexical functions, unless the arguments are enclosed in quotation marks.) None of the optional arguments is specified, so the F$TRNLNM function uses the defaults. At the end of the command procedure, the original default directory is reset. When you reset the directory, you must place single quotation marks (` ') around the symbol SAVE_DIR to force symbol substitution. 2.$ DEFINE/TABLE=LNM$GROUP TERMINAL 'F$TRNLNM("SYS$OUTPUT")' This example shows a line from a command procedure that (1) uses the F$TRNLNM function to determine the name of the current output device and (2) creates a group logical name table entry based on the equivalence string. You must enclose the argument SYS$OUTPUT in quotation marks because it is a character string. Also, in this example you must enclose the F$TRNLNM function in single quotation marks to force the lexical function to be evaluated; otherwise, the DEFINE command does not automatically evaluate the lexical function. 3.$ RESULT= - _$ F$TRNLNM("INFILE","LNM$PROCESS",0,"SUPERVISOR",,"NO_ALIAS") $ SHOW SYMBOL RESULT RESULT = "FALSE" In this example, the F$TRNLNM function searches the process logical name table for the logical name INFILE. The function starts the search by looking for the logical name INFILE created in supervisor mode. If no match is found, the function looks for INFILE created in executive mode. When a match is found, the F$TRNLNM function determines whether the name INFILE was created with the NO_ALIAS attribute. In this case, the NO_ALIAS attribute is not specified. 4.$ foo=f$trnlnm("FOO","LNM$SYSCLUSTER",,,"INTERLOCKED",) In this example, logical name FOO is translated in the LNM$SYSCLUSTER table in an interlocked manner; that is, all clusterwide logical name modifications in progress on this and other nodes are completed before the translation occurs. This ensures that the translation is based on the most recent definition of FOO. Because the case translation is not specified, the translation is by default CASE_BLIND. 5.$ foo=f$trnlnm("FOO","LNM$SYSCLUSTER",,,"INTERLOCKED,CASE_SENSITIVE",) This example specifies both case sensitive and interlocked translation.