Clarify that -dupt is an argument to eor, not ear + clarification that the .absout file is not necessarily in the same directory as the .absin file

[David Rosenberg]

I misread mention of -dupt (-defer_until_process_termination) in the description of the enter_abs_request command in the enter_abs_request info segment and in the "Multics Commands and Active Functions" manual on page 3-297 (which bears the date 11/86 and order number AG92-06A).

I mistakenly thought that it was a control argument to ear. It is actually a control argument to eor. My misreading was the result of my failing to notice a one letter difference.

I'd like to suggest a clarification of the documentation to reduce the likelihood of anyone else making the same error that I made. For one thing, the example

eor -dupt [user absout]

could be changed to

enter_output_request -dupt [user absout]

The point could made more forcefully by adding a note something like "NOTE: This is an enter_output_request command, not an enter_abs_request command."

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There is a separate issue in the same paragraph dealing with the need for the -defer_until_process_termination control argument. It starts with the sentence

All input and output that occurs in the absentee job is written to the segment STR.absout in the same directory as the absentee segment STR.absin.

I think that isn't true. I think that the ear -output_file control argument can cause the .absout file to be written to a different directory than the directory holding the absin file.

[David Rosenberg]

I also misinterpreted the warning and advice about using

eor -dupt [user absout]

as meaning that the .absout file could be incomplete in case of an abnormal termination. I thought that I was being advised to use it to ensure that everything that happened was captured in the .absout file, not to ensure that the .absout file would be printed in case of an abnormal termination.

I suggest that this section should be rewritten to make it clearer that only in the case that the user wishes to have the .absout file queued for printing is he being advised to use

eor -dupt [user absout]

to ensure that it will be queued for printing even if the absentee job terminates abnormally.