TS/MP System Management Manual (H06.05+, J06.03+)

Overview of PATHCOM
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Interactive Mode
parentheses. In the third example, both attributes must be enclosed in
parentheses because neither is the last in the list.
SET SERVER PARAM A a, B b
SET SERVER ( PARAM A a, B b ), ASSIGN aaaaa, bbbbb
SET SERVER ( PARAM A a, B b ), ( ASSIGN aaaaa, bbbbb ) , &
PRI 141
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You can embed comments within a line of commands or you can enter comments
on separate lines. Enclose the comments in brackets if a PATHCOM command is
on the same line. If there are no PATHCOM commands on the same line as a
comment, you only need to enter a left bracket to cause PATHCOM to recognize a
comment. For example:
[PATHCOM treats this line as a comment.]
[PATHCOM treats this line as a comment too.
=ADD SERVER B-SERVE [Here is a comment.],LIKE A-SERVE
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A PATHCOM command-line spans input records if the last nonblank character is
an ampersand (&). Multiple commands, separated by semicolons, can appear on
the same line. If command parameters are repeated, PATHCOM uses the last
value entered for a parameter.
Interactive Mode
PATHCOM functions in interactive mode when you enter commands from a terminal
keyboard. PATHCOM prompts for a command by printing an equal sign (=). When
you enter a command, PATHCOM runs the command and issues another prompt.
In this example, the first command starts the PATHMON process, the second
command starts the PATHCOM process, the third line shows the PATHCOM sign on,
and the fourth line shows the PATHCOM prompt:
TACL 8> PATHMON/NAME $PM1,CPU 0,NOWAIT/
TACL 9> PATHCOM $PM1
PATHCOM - T9153C31 - (08SEP92)
=
You can group two or more commands separated by semicolons (;). For example,
these two commands can be entered in two ways, as follows:
= command-1; command-2
Note. You cannot embed PATHCOM comments in TACL scripts. In TACL scripts, information
enclosed in brackets is interpreted as a function, not as a comment. For information on
including comments in TACL scripts, see the TACL Reference Manual.