Issuing a series of commands by using interactive mode

The connection to the server is established only once for interactive mode, so you can process a series of commands more quickly in interactive mode than in batch mode.

To start a client command session in interactive mode, enter either of the following commands:

• dsmc
• dsmc loop

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When you log on with an administrator ID, you can complete standard user tasks.. If you are not logged on before you begin a task from a command-prompt window, you are prompted to do so..

When you are in interactive mode, do not precede commands with dsmc. For example, instead of typing dsmc archive to archive a file, type only archive.

For example, to archive a file, enter the command with the file specification:

archive /home/proj1/file1.txt

archive c:\myfiles\file1.dat

Depending upon the current setting of the passwordaccess option, the client might prompt you for your password before you are allowed to enter a command in an interactive session.

When you enter your password, the password is not displayed on your screen.