HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation

HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary

Checks whether the specified license is loaded on the system.

Format

F$LICENSE (license-name[,producer-name])

Return Value

Arguments

license-name

Specifies the name of the license for which you want to check the status.

producer-name

Specifies the name of the company that produced the license. By default, DEC is assumed to be the producer on Alpha systems and HP is assumed to be the producer on I64 systems. To find an exception, specify a different producer name.

Examples

$ SHOW LICENSE VMSCLUSTER*
Active licenses on node NODE1:
------- Product ID -------- ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product            Producer Units Avail Activ Version Release  Termination
VMSCLUSTER         DEC          0  0     100    0.0  (none)    14-MAY-2005
VMSCLUSTER-CLIENT  DEC          0  0     100    0.0  (none)    14-MAY-2005
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$LICENSE("VMSCLUSTER")
TRUE
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$LICENSE("NONEXISTENT_PAK")
FALSE

      

In this example, the F$LICENSE function returns TRUE, which verifies that the VMSCLUSTER license is loaded on the system. In contrast, the status of hypothetical license NONEXISTENT_PAK is shown to be FALSE, indicating that it is not loaded on the system.

$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$LICENSE("ABC")
FALSE
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$LICENSE("ABC","XYZ")
TRUE

      

In the first instance, no license for product ABC is found from the default producer (DEC or HP). In the second instance, an ABC PAK is found for producer XYZ.