LOAD command and processing a TCO script

You can process a new time-controlled operation (TCO) script without stopping (and restarting) IMS™ or TCO by sending a message switch to the TCO LTERM, DFSTCF. An operator, a program, or an exit routine can issue the command to load a new script.

When you loaded a new script, and IMS processes it, IMS disregards all previous schedule requests.

Being able to load TCO scripts dynamically allows you to do the following:

• Change or correct TCO scripts without stopping IMS
• Chain multiple scripts, so that they are processed on different days

The format of the load command is:

>>-DFSTCF--LOAD--membername--+----------------------------+----><
                             '-OUTPUT--lterm--CONT--count-'   

LOAD membername

Specifies the load request and the one- to eight-character script member name.

OUTPUT lterm

Specifies that you want IMS to send the output from the command to a specified LTERM, rather than the default LTERM, the IMS MTO. lterm specifies the one- to eight-character LTERM name to which IMS sends output.

CONT count

Specifies how many segments (continuation lines) a message can have. The default is 9. Use this keyword to change the maximum size of a message. Valid values for count can be 1 to 99.

You must include a blank space between each keyword and parameter.