VMS Help EDIT, /ACL, /JOURNAL  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Controls whether a journal file is created for the editing
    session.

    Format

      /JOURNAL  [=file-spec]

      /NOJOURNAL

1 - Description

    By default, the ACL editor keeps a journal file containing a
    copy of modifications made during an editing session. The journal
    file is given the name of the object and a .TJL file type. If
    you specify a different name for the file, do not include any
    wildcard characters.

    To prevent the ACL editor from creating a journal file, specify
    /NOJOURNAL.

    If your editing session ends abnormally, you can recover the
    changes made during the aborted session by invoking the ACL
    editor with the /RECOVER qualifier.

2 - Example

  $ EDIT/ACL/JOURNAL=COMMONACL.SAV MECH1117.DAT

      With this command, you create a journal file named
      COMMONACL.SAV. The file contains a copy of the ACL and
      the editing commands used to create the ACL for the file
      MECH1117.DAT.

      If the editing session is interrupted, you can recover your
      edits by specifying the name COMMONACL.SAV with the /RECOVER
      qualifier.

  $ EDIT/ACL/CLASS=RESOURCE/JOURNAL=ZERO_RESOURCE.TJL [0]

      If you edit an ACL for the resource domain [0], the ACL editor
      attempts to create the file [0].TJL on the default device
      and fails. To create an ACL for the resource [0], you must
      specify a different name for the journal file (as shown in this
      example) or suppress the creation of a journal file with the
      /NOJOURNAL qualifier.