Using NS3000/iX Network Services (36920-90008)

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DSLINE Command
COMP or NOCOMP
(default is
NOCOMP) Enables or disables data compression to the remote
environment. The compression only affects NFT and
RFA transmissions. If data compression is in effect,
sequences of repeated characters (such as blanks) are
translated into more compact form before transfer.
They are decompressed after arrival at their
destination. For a discussion of RFA compression, refer
to “RFA Compression” in Chapter 3, “Remote File
Access.” This option may also be used with the DSCOPY
command as explained in
CLOSE Deletes the environment ID(s) associated with the
remote environment(s). This option must be used
without any other option.
RESET Clears all information associated with a generic
environment ID. This option must be used without any
other option.
SHOW Requests that the attributes of a remote environment
(individual or generic) be displayed.
PROMPT=
promptstring Specifies a prompt for the remote environment. This
can be used to distinguish one remote environment
from another. The prompt string can be 1 to 8
characters long, optionally surrounded by quotation
marks. All characters are allowed, but if the string
contains a semicolon the string must be in quotes: for
example, “MY;NODE”. You can also use quotation marks
to include a blank at the end of a prompt string.
Default: the first seven letters of the (unqualified)
environment name (or the whole environment name if
shorter) terminated by #. If PROMPT= is specified
without a prompt string, the prompt becomes the
normal local prompt from the remote operating system
for instance, a colon (:).
If the remote system is an MPE/iX based system, then
you can also specify its prompt by using the SETVAR
HPPROMPT command as explained in the MPE/iX
Commands Reference Manual. If you specify that the
prompt be anything other than a colon, then that
specification will override any prompt created by the
DSLINE option described here. The SETVAR HPPROMPT
will be temporarily overridden if you leave the remote
session and then return to it—after a REMOTE
command, the prompt will remind you which system
you are on—after you type a carriage return, the