MODIFY LINEDEF command

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>>-MODIFY-- --procname--,--LINEDEF--,--ID--=--line_name--------->

>--,--USE--=--+-DEFINED-+--------------------------------------><
              '-SPARE---'   

Abbreviations

Operand Abbreviation
MODIFY F
USE=DEFINED DEFINED
USE=SPARE SPARE

Purpose

Using the MODIFY LINEDEF command, you can dynamically change the definition of a redefinable line. A redefinable line is an SDLC line that has been defined in an NCP major node with USE=REDEF or USE=SPARE. A redefinable line must be the only line defined in the line group.

Operands

procname
The procedure name for the command. If procname in the START command was specified as startname.ident, where startname is the VTAM® start procedure and ident is the optional identifier, either startname.ident or ident can be specified for procname.

If procname in the START command was startname, startname must be specified for procname.

ID=line_name
Specifies the name of an SDLC line defined in an NCP major node with the USE=REDEF or USE=SPARE.
USE
Specifies that the line identified on the ID operand is to be dynamically redefined.
USE=DEFINED
Specifies that the line identified on the ID operand is to become usable.
USE=SPARE
Specifies that the line identified on the ID operand is to become a spare line.