IBM Connect:Direct Native Command Structure

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You use the Native Command structure to build a more detailed list of parameters than you can from the command panels. You can type any IBM® Connect:Direct® command or series of IBM Connect:Direct commands using the Native Command structure.

To access the Native Command Screen, select option C from the Administrative Options Menu.

 node.name               NATIVE COMMAND SCREEN                    hh:mm
 CMD ==>

  ENTER COMMAND TEXT:

    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________

Observe the following rules when you type your command:

Start keywords on the next line or break them by a separator (blank or comma).
To use comments on the Native Command Screen, type an asterisk in the first column of the input line. Typing an asterisk enables you to issue commands without retyping them.
You cannot continuously wrap commands across lines on the Native Command Screen.

A command that creates a temporary file displays the temporary file for you to browse after the command executes.

Examples

In the following example, when you press ENTER, you submit the Process called TEST2.

 node.name               NATIVE COMMAND SCREEN                    hh:mm
 CMD ==>

  ENTER COMMAND TEXT:

    ==> SUBMIT PROC=TEST2 _____________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> *SELECT PROCESS WHERE (PNAME=TEST2) ___________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________

To monitor the progress of TEST2, type an asterisk in column 1 of the first input line (before SUBMIT), delete the asterisk from the third input line (before SELECT), and press ENTER.

You can also submit a Process from the command line. In the following example, the Process TEST2 is submitted from the command line. The SELECT PROCESS (line 3) takes place just as in the previous example. The screen sample follows.

 node.name                  NATIVE COMMAND SCREEN                hh:mm
 CMD ==> SUBMIT PROC=TEST2

  ENTER COMMAND TEXT:

    ==>________________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==>  SELECT PROCESS WHERE (PNAME=TEST2) ___________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________
    ==> _______________________________________________________________