VMS Help CMS, RETRIEVE, ARCHIVE, Qualifiers  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

1 - /CONFIRM

    Controls whether CMS prompts you for confirmation before each
    transaction.

    When you specify /CONFIRM and run CMS in interactive mode, CMS
    prompts you for confirmation. If you type YES, ALL, TRUE, or 1,
    CMS executes the transaction.  If you type NO, QUIT, FALSE, 0,
    or press RETURN or CTRL/Z, no action is performed. If you type
    any other character, CMS continues to prompt until you type an
    acceptable response.

    CMS does not prompt for confirmation in batch mode.

2 - /GENERATION[=generation-expression]

    Specifies a particular generation to be retrieved from the archive
    file. If you omit /GENERATION, CMS retrieves the highest numbered
    generation in the archive file.

3 - /LOG (D)

    Controls whether CMS displays success and informational messages
    on the default output device. By default, if the command executes
    successfully, CMS displays a success message. If you specify
    /NOLOG, success and informational messages are suppressed. Any
    warning, error, or fatal error messages are displayed regardless
    of whether /LOG or /NOLOG is specified.

4 - /OUTPUT[=file-specification]

    Directs CMS to write output to the specified file. If you omit the
    /OUTPUT qualifier (or if you specify /OUTPUT but do not provide a
    file specification), CMS creates a file with the same name as the
    archived element and the file type .CMS_ARCHIVE.

    If you retrieve generations from more than one archive file and
    you do not specify wildcards in the output file specification, CMS
    creates successive versions of the file indicated by /OUTPUT.