VMS Help ALLOCATE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Provides your process with exclusive access to a device until
    you deallocate the device or terminate your process. Optionally
    associates a logical name with the device.

    Requires read (R), write (W), or control access.

    Format

      ALLOCATE  device-name[:][,...] [logical-name[:]]

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