Using NS3000/iX Network Services (36920-90008)

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Virtual Terminal

Releasing a Remote Environment

The method that you use to release a remote environment depends

upon the way it was initially created:

1. If the environment was deﬁned by a DSLINE command, it can be

released only by a corresponding DSLINE;CLOSE command.

2. If the environment was deﬁned in a REMOTE HELLO command, it can

be released by either a REMOTE BYE command or a DSLINE;CLOSE

command.

3. If you terminate the local session (with a local BYE or ABORTJOB)

without explicitly releasing the remote environment, (a) all open

ﬁles and active processes on the remote node will be closed or

terminated, and (b) an implicit DSLINE @.@.@;CLOSE will be

executed. (You will not be asked whether you wish to abort the

remote session.)

If you issue a DSLINE;CLOSE command (without a REMOTE BYE) after a

session has been established on a remote MPE/iX system, and if the

option is not in effect, you will be asked:

ABORT REMOTE SESSION ON envID?

A Y[ES] response will abort the remote session and terminate the

connection. A

N[O] answer will cancel the DSLINE ;CLOSE command

and leave the remote session intact. DSLINE ;CLOSE may not be issued

while remote ﬁles are open or while dependent RPM processes exist on

the remote node. The appropriate FCLOSE, TERMINATE, or RPMKILL

intrinsic must be executed ﬁrst or an error message will appear. For

information on Remote File Access, and Remote Process Management,

see the corresponding chapters of this manual.

NOTE A REMOTE BYE command may be viewed as a particular instance of a

command to a remote system. You can issue a remote command

through the Virtual Terminal service once a remote session has been

established via a REMOTE HELLO. (See the explanation of the REMOTE

command in this chapter.)

Examples

In the following examples, all commands that are shown are typed at

the MPE/iX prompt.

Method 1

DSLINE MODELT

REMOTE HELLO HENRY.FORD

REMOTE BYE

DSLINE;CLOSE

or (user input is bold for clarity)