Create Line Desc (TDLC) (CRTLINTDLC)

The Create Line Description (TDLC) (CRTLINTDLC) command creates a line description for a twinaxial data link control line.

Restriction: You must have input/output system configuration (*IOSYSCFG) special authority to use this command.

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
LIND Line description Name Required, Positional 1
WSC Attached work station ctl Name Required, Positional 2
ONLINE Online at IPL *YES, *NO Optional
TEXT Text 'description' Character value, *BLANK Optional
NETCTL Network controller Name Optional
CTL Attached nonswitched ctls Values (up to 64 repetitions): Name Optional
AUT Authority Name, *CHANGE, *ALL, *USE, *EXCLUDE, *LIBCRTAUT Optional

Line description (LIND)

Specifies the name of the line description

This is a required parameter.

Attached work station ctl (WSC)

Specifies the name of the work station controller to which the 5150 devices and other displays are attached.

name
Specify the work station controller name.

Online at IPL (ONLINE)

Specifies whether this object is automatically varied on at initial program load (IPL).

*YES
The line is automatically varied on at initial program load (IPL).
*NO
This line is not automatically varied on at IPL.

Text 'description' (TEXT)

Specifies text that briefly describes the line description.

*BLANK
Text is not specified.
character-value
Specify no more than 50 characters of text, enclosed in apostrophes.

Network controller (NETCTL)

Specifies the name of an existing network controller. This network controller is used to run TCP/IP over the connection.

Attached nonswitched ctls (CTL)

Specifies, for nonswitched lines, the names of one or more controllers to which this line is attached. The controller descriptions must already exist.

You can enter multiple values for this parameter.

names
Specify up to 56 APPC controller names.

Authority (AUT)

Specifies the authority you are giving to users who do not have specific authority for the object, who are not on an authorization list, and whose group profile or supplemental group profiles do not have specific authority for the object.

*CHANGE
The user can perform all operations on the object except those limited to the owner or controlled by object existence (*OBJEXIST) and object management (*OBJMGT) authorities. The user can change and perform basic functions on the object. *CHANGE authority provides object operational (*OBJOPR) authority and all data authority. If the object is an authorization list, the user cannot add, change, or remove users.
*ALL
The user can perform all operations except those limited to the owner or controlled by authorization list management (*AUTLMGT) authority. The user can control the object's existence, specify the security for the object, change the object, and perform basic functions on the object. The user also can change ownership of the object.
*USE
The user can perform basic operations on the object, such as running a program or reading a file. The user cannot change the object. Use (*USE) authority provides object operational (*OBJOPR), read (*READ), and execute (*EXECUTE) authorities.
*EXCLUDE
The user cannot access the object.
*LIBCRTAUT
The system determines the authority for the object by using the value specified for the Create authority (CRTAUT) parameter on the Create Library (CRTLIB) command for the library containing the object to be created. If the value specified for the CRTAUT parameter is changed, the new value will not affect any existing objects.
name
Specify the name of an authorization list to be used for authority to the object. Users included in the authorization list are granted authority to the object as specified in the list. The authorization list must exist when the object is created.

Examples

Example 1: Creating a TDLC Line Description

CRTLINTDLC   LIND(WSFLINE)  WSC(CTL01)

This command creates a TDLC line description named WSFLINE that is attached to work station controller CTL01.

Example 2: Creating a TDLC Line Description Associated with a Network Controller

CRTLINTDLC   LIND(NETLINE)  WSC(CTL01)  NETCTL(NETC01)

This command creates a TDLC line description named NETLINE that is attached to work station controller CTL01, and NETC01 is used as network controller to run TCP/IP over the connection.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF2718
Line description &1 not created due to errors.