PRESERVE

Purpose

Use the PRESERVE subcommand to save the settings of various XEDIT variables until a subsequent RESTORE subcommand is issued.

Usage Notes

The following settings are saved:

Current LEFT or RIGHT

The following SET subcommand options:

  ARBCHAR
  AUTOSAVE
  BFSLINE
  CASE
  CMDLINE
  COLOR
  COLPTR
  CURLINE
  DISPLAY
  ESCAPE
  ETARBCH
  FILLER
  FMODE
  FNAME
  FTYPE
  HEX
  IMAGE

IMPCMSCP
LASTLORC
LINEND
LRECL
MACRO
MASK
MSGMODE
NAMETYPE
NULLS
NUMBER
PACK
PNAME
PREFIX
RECFM
SCALE
SCOPE

SERIAL
SHADOW
SPAN
SPILL
STAY
STREAM
SYNONYM
TABLINE
TABS
TOFEOF
TRUNC
VARBLANK
VERIFY
WRAP
ZONE
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Note: Only the SET values are saved for CURLINE, not the values returned by the EXTRACT CURLINE. For example, the current line pointer is not saved.

The following values are not saved:
- Current line pointer
- Column pointer
- All SET subcommand options not listed in Usage Note 1.b

Messages and Return Codes

520E: Invalid operand: operand [RC=5]

where return codes are:

0: Normal
5: Invalid operand
6: Subcommand rejected in the profile due to LOAD error, or QUIT subcommand has been issued in a macro called from the last file in the ring