Composer command descriptions

Table 1 lists the composer commands.

Note: Command names and keywords can be entered in either uppercase or lowercase characters, and can be abbreviated to as few leading characters as are needed to uniquely distinguish them from each other. Some of the command names also have short forms.

However there are some abbreviations, such as v, that point to a specific command, version in this case, even though they do not uniquely identify that command in the list. This happens when the abbreviation is hard coded in the product and so mismatches in invoking the wrong command are automatically bypassed.

Table 1. List of composer commands
Command	Short Name	Description	See page
add	a	Adds scheduling objects.	add
authenticate	au	Changes the credentials of the user running composer.	authenticate
continue	c	Ignores the next error.	continue
create	cr	Synonym for the extract command.	extract
delete	de	Deletes scheduling objects.	delete
display	di	Displays the details of the specified scheduling object.	display
edit	ed	Edits a file.	edit
exit	e	Exits composer.	exit
extract	ex	Extracts an object definition from the database and writes it in a text file.	extract
help	h	Invoke the help on line for a command.	help
list	l	Lists scheduling objects.	list
lock	lo	Locks the access to database objects.	lock
modify	m	Modifies scheduling objects.	modify
new		Creates scheduling objects using a text file where the object definition is inserted on line.	new
print	p	Prints scheduling objects.	display
redo	red	Edits and reruns the previous command.	redo
rename	rn	Changes the object name.	rename
replace	rep	Replaces scheduling objects.	replace
system command		Invokes an operating system command.	system command
unlock	u	Releases lock on the scheduling object defined in the database.	unlock
validate	val	Validates the syntax, semantic, and data integrity of an object definition.	validate
version	v	Displays the composer command-line program banner.	version

Composer commands